While at the liberal TMZ…
The left proves brave enough to question its own assumptions on the issues that truly matter.
Author: Rufus F.
Salon, Darling, All is Forgiven!
Today, Salon is reprinting the piece we ran about universities being run like a business.
Society must be defended!
Reflecting on four decades of social change and wondering if societies can change their norms without creating new categories of deviants.
Running the University (and everything else) like a Business
Another dispatch on living in a short-term, transient “society”.
The Lament for Ur
A powerful account of an invasion in Mesopotamia roughly 4,000 years ago that should be read and reflected upon by every invading army today.
Lawyered up for Love
An academic friend linked to this article on academic sex codes, which he said is so truthfully written he’s a bit afraid to share it. I’m not. One request though:
The Epic of Gilgamesh: Sex, Violence, and Death
A strange and lurid tale from ancient Mesopotamia that ultimately tells us that all men must die.
Enuma Elish: the Creation of the World
In the beginning, there was chaos and then there was sex. Then came war.
This is a real academic article:
From Digital Culture & Education: “Fedora Shaming as Discursive Activism“
Debate between Bird and Fish
Canon-blogging starts again with an ancient Sumerian take on the age-old fight between birds and fish. Who will be victorious?!
The Lusiads: Poets and Heroes
A look at Portugal’s national epic and how poets create warriors to supply them with material.
More on Unions
Damn you “comments closed”! Let me now abuse my power to respond to some comments from my Union Rep post.
How to Mock a Warmonger
When a Brooklyn newspaperman met an ultra-nationalist Italian military crusader and made fun of his scalp.
Your Union Rep
My family consists of working class whites, so of course they always vote for Republicans.
“Je Suis Charlie” (updated)
I did my research in France and still have dear friends there, so this picture that un copain forwarded came as no surprise, but was affecting nonetheless:
