Monthly Archives: April 2010

Name That Critter

23rd
Apr. × ’10

I sent the following letter to the Opelika-Auburn News on April 4th; it wasn’t published: To the editor: Page C1 of the April 4th paper features a picture of two animals with the caption “Spring brings a new generation of emus to a farm on Society Hill Road.” Perhaps it does, but emus are ostrich-like [...]

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Brighter Lights, Bigger City

23rd
Apr. × ’10

The newly restored version of Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis, with 25 more minutes of footage than any previously available version, will be out on dvd in the fall; but in the meantime, here’s a trailer.

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What a Fool Believes

23rd
Apr. × ’10

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer explains why we shouldn’t worry that her state’s new law (allowing the police to demand identity papers from anyone who looks like they might be an “illegal” immigrant) won’t lead to racial profiling or other abuses (as if “the thing itself” were not abuse enough …): We have to trust our [...]

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Left Cop, Right Cop

23rd
Apr. × ’10

I’m quoted in Sheldon Richman’s excellent article “The Washington-Wall Street Kabuki Dance” in CounterPunch. Oh, and I hereby coin (at least I’m not aware of anyone’s using this before) the phrase “left cop, right cop” for the phenomenon Sheldon is talking about.

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Unto Every One Which Hath

23rd
Apr. × ’10

As though the state doesn’t already do enough to magnify the power of the rich by its very nature, Walter Williams suggests that people with more money should have more votes. Because, y’know, them pore ole bosses ….

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Malfunction … Malfunction …

22nd
Apr. × ’10

Mary Matalin on CNN’s Campbell Brown show just now, on the subject of marijuana: My libertarian sense says let’s regulate it.

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