Thurbermann
May 07Funny. But notice how Olbermann manages to make the narrator seem angry where the text suggests merely bewildered anxiety – like Lewis Black reading a Woody Allen routine.
Bribing the Architect
May 07Speaking of Doctor Who, I came across a pretty good parody, written by Steven Moffat himself back before the series had been revived. I have to say, Rowan Atkinson’s not bad as the Doctor.
Frankenstein’s Dad
May 07Nice piece by Jeff Riggenbach on William Godwin. And what he says about the respective roles of communism and individualism in Godwin’s theory strikes me as basically right. It’s also worth noting (since Riggenbach mentions Caleb Williams toward the end) that there’s been a revival of interest in Godwin’s novels as well; indeed I find [...]
Beyond Being
May 07The Good is not being, but beyond being, surpassing it in dignity and power. — Plato According to CBS News, the Department of Homeland Security has had its eye on Faisal Shahzad since 1999. That’s pretty impressive for a Department that didn’t exist until 2002. Wow, so government agencies can do their jobs just as [...]
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