Carnaval andino de Ayacucho
05/04/2007
Now, in honor of Ayacucho and all Andean towns, and of Lent which ends this weekend, we will see some of the 2007 Carnaval celebrations high up in the mountains. Axé.
Pueblos de Ayacucho
05/04/2007
The retired Peruvian military officers Telmo Hurtado and Juan Rivera Rondón, who are accused of the August, 1985 murders of 69 peasants in the Ayacuchan village of Accomarca, were arrested yesterday in Miami on immigration charges. The School of the Americas Watch has launched a campaign to pressure Peruvian authorities to extradite the pair so … More Pueblos de Ayacucho
Letter from Birmingham Jail
04/04/2007
But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an extremist for love: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for … More Letter from Birmingham Jail
St. Lucy and St. Lazarus VI
04/04/2007
I struck out walking again, impelled by my rubber soles. I was crowned by a magnificent silence surrounded by baby grand pianos everywhere. In the darkness, traced out with electric light bulbs, one could read with out effort: St. Lazarus Station. St. Lazarus was born very pale. He emitted a smell of wet sheep. When … More St. Lucy and St. Lazarus VI
St. Lucy and St. Lazarus V
04/04/2007
On one of the doors leading out of the cathedral the skeleton of an ancient fish had been hung; on another, the skeleton of a seraph, gently rocked by the oval breeze of the opticians’ shops, which wafted in with its fresh smell of apples and coastline. It was lunch time, and I asked for … More St. Lucy and St. Lazarus V
On MLA Interviews and Campus Visits
04/04/2007
To: All Interviewees From: Professor Zero Re: How To Keep Me From Voting “No” Outright Date: Forever 1. Keep your hands away from your face when you are speaking. I have seen as many as 80% of candidates per day cover their mouths, cradle their heads in one arm so that half the audience cannot … More On MLA Interviews and Campus Visits
One Million Blogs for Peace Tuesday
03/04/2007
Beautiful Iran Please contemplate for a moment the beauty of a country we may be about to destroy. Link courtesy of Bet Blue. Axé.
On Absolutism and Enlightenment
03/04/2007
I taught four classes in a row today, on four topics as I always do Tuesdays and Thursdays this semester, after getting up at 5:30 AM to finish grading and updating WebCT. A job candidate is landing in exactly 34 minutes. I expect to be bleary eyed for some time. In the fourth class, I … More On Absolutism and Enlightenment
St. Lucy and St. Lazarus IV
02/04/2007
This is the fourth installment of our mysterious text. Once again, what I present here is a very rough draft. It could use comments. In the cathedral people were celebrating the solemn novena to the human eyes of St. Lucy. The exterior of things was being glorified, the clean, well ventilated beauty of the skin, … More St. Lucy and St. Lazarus IV
Eugenics News
02/04/2007
I never read the newsletter of California Prison Focus as closely as I might, but an item in the current edition caught my eye – Robin Levi and Vanessa Huang’s “Prison Proposal is Disturbingly Akin to Eugenics” (rpt. from L. A. Daily Journal, 8 January 2007), on p. 25. Apparently, sterilization is again being foisted … More Eugenics News
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