August 2010 archive

Aug 16 2010

Nimrod

Sarah Palin’s July 18 tweet re. the “Ground Zero” mosque is a wonderfully concise (albeit disgusting) example of how Republicans use every trivial tempest du jour to exploit Americans’ barely latent (if it really is) racism and xenophobia for political…  [more]

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Aug 13 2010

Codswallop

Arrogance and ignorance, together again, in this letter to the editor: Don’t call it “Ground Zero” Dear editor: The following was sent to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City, and Newt Gingrich, whose political committee is American Solutions for Winning…  [more]

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Aug 11 2010

Smoke & fire

 The prior entry (about the “Wonderful” poster at Maxine’s) elicited this prompt response from my also-gracious Norwegian friend Børre after I instroduced it with, “Here is a reminder that [even in the middle of Arkansas] the world’s best propaganda apparatus…  [more]

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Aug 10 2010

Come tumble down

The first Friday of every month is Gallery Walk in Hot Springs, when the downtown art galleries stay open late.  We were strolling along Central Avenue when this poster in the window of Maxine’s caught my eye.  I went back…  [more]

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Aug 08 2010

Busloads of civilians

 Lawrence Davidson writes about why we should “sit up and take notice” when the Israelis flatten the Bedouin village of al-Arakib: http://www.counterpunch.org/davidson08062010.html orhttp://bit.ly/9dqi9N or http://tinyurl.com/2wmpcgt This sort of thing happens all the time in “the only democracy in the…  [more]

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Aug 07 2010

Twitter this: Tony Judt dies

 Jamie Doward writes in guardian.co.uk on the passing of Tony Judt at age 62: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/07/historian-tony-judt-dies or http://bit.ly/8XIFF3 or http://tinyurl.com/386pzjr Tony Judt, the British writer, historian and professor who was recently described as having the “liveliest mind in New York”,…  [more]

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Aug 03 2010

Can a tree start a war?

 Robert Fisk writes about the latest skirmish along the Lebanon-Israel border, the latest prelude to the next bloody chapter of Israel’s never-ending bullying in the Middle East schoolyard (with America’s blessings, of course)… Can a tree start a Middle East…  [more]

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