The New Face of Empire
Then again, simply because the United States ceased to be a ‘real’ republic does not mean that it ever became an empire. Of course, the United States did become an empire, complete with colonies,...
Daily Archive: May 1, 2009
a quote for the afternoon
“I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for...
Not Knowing the Meaning of Words: Magic Negro Edition
Via HuffPost: CALLER: It’s just like the LA Times said last year, or two years ago — he is the magic Negro. [MICHAEL] STEELE: Yeah he is — [laughter]. You read that too, huh?...
One way forward for the West Bank
by max socol In the bowels of ED Kain’s most recent Israel prophecy, there’s a (pleasantly civil) debate swirling around the security implications of a West Bank withdrawal. As I mentioned there, it reminded...
quote for the morning
Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. . . . The second exception to the no-torture rule is the extraction of information from a high-value...
A great headline…
A.O. Scott’s review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine is headlined, “I, Mutant, Red in Face and Claw,” which I think is wonderful. It gets me wondering, though: do movie review headline writers have some kind...
