Category: war

• The Ruination and Salvation of Life/Writing, Part III

  Jul 15

  Maurice Blanchot’s own biography—the writing of his life—attests to the experience of life as, through, and by way of writing. We know almost nothing about the man, even when we… more ›

• 8:15

  Aug 6

  Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe writes about Hiroshima, moral responsibility, outrage, and aging in today’s The New York Times op-ed section. It’s an oblique essay about the travesty of Japanese policy… more ›

• Roll Call, or Lax Americana

  Jul 9

  Welcome to Amerika, where everything is so easy … So easy. So easy for a democracy to vote itself out of existence. So easy for self-righteousness to point toward terror.… more ›

• Overview

  May 11

  Is it over yet?Now is the time when my prick of a professor contacts my colleagues to let them know when the revised deadline is for their obligatory rewrite. Graduate… more ›

• May Day, May Day

  May 1

  As if to prove the rule from yesterday’s post, today’s headlines included “U.S. airstrike kills top Qaeda agent in Somalia” and “Car bomb kills at least 9 in Baghdad; U.S.… more ›

• Indefensible Offense

  Apr 30

  Obama, radical leader of the Obamanations, has finally denounced his spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, because of assertions the reverend has made about the United States’ role in worldwide… more ›

• Gay for Democracy

  Mar 7

  I wonder if I’ll ever post to this blog again. I wonder if my days will ever stop being so damned full of foolishness and nonsense and incessant busywork. I… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Nov 24

  Today is Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan. After (only) two years in Japan I still have no idea what that means or what is celebrated. But I was always thankful… more ›

• American Justice/Global Injustice, or Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

  Oct 9

  I just finished reading two articles from the IHT: German claiming CIA torture loses final appeal and 40 years after Che’s death, his image is a battleground after doing some… more ›

• Remembrance

  Oct 8

  One of the many blemishes part of Putin’s blemished legacy, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered a year ago. more ›