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Tag Archives: Politics and Affairs

In Search of Fatima, by Ghada Karmi: Review

Imagine you are a seven-year-old who's known years of escalating conflict, suddenly transported to an entirely foreign land.

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Book Review: Thou Shalt Not Kill Unless Otherwise Instructed

Poetry tends to kindle emotion. At times, the feelings may be as basic as loving or hating the art form itself. But some sort of emotional response is likely the goal of all poetry. As Allen Ginsberg says in No Direction Home, Martin Scorsese’s new documentary on Bob Dylan, “Poetry …

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Kurt Vonnegut – The Poet

Kurt Vonnegut didn’t get to read his poem on the air during the Daily Show but this was later posted on the show’s Internet site. LIBERAL CRAP I NEVER WANT TO HEAR AGAIN Give us this day our daily bread. Oh sure. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those …

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My Crush On Author Sarah Vowell

Recently I was listening to Sarah Vowell’s brilliant new non-fiction book, Assassination Vacation, while driving. She said so many things that are funny and insightful, but I particularly perked up when I heard her say this: “I can never decide if Maryland is off-beat or off-putting.” She went on to …

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Book Review: How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World

Want to know when The Age of Enlightenment ended and what is responsible? Francis Wheen thinks he has it pinpointed in How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World. According to Wheen, 1979 “marks the moment when the world was jolted by a violent reaction to the complacency of the existing order.” This …

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No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition

Lately I‘ve been paying a lot of attention to Sen. Rick Santorum. Among politicians, he’s unusually good at articulating the views of the Christian right, and he’s also willing to debate on the record. Flogging his new book, It Takes a Family, on WNYC yesterday, Santorum accused the Left of …

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