From a comment that someone named Drew Fetherston left on Timothy Egan’s NY Times Op-Ed Save the Press: “During the several decades I spent in newspapers, my favorite quote was the one the Scripps-Howard papers used (and still use) as a motto: ‘Give light, and the people will find their own way.’ Give heat, as [...]
Sorry for the slow week of postings, but I’m up at Goddard and all of my writing time is focused solely on my creative thesis, which — holy shit! — must be complete and in my advisor’s hands by August 18th. I’m in a decent place with the novel. I’ve got about 300 pages written, [...]
From Arianna Huffington’s Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle is for Losers: “I can unequivocally say: the Obama campaign is making a very serious mistake. Tacking to the center is a losing strategy… Running to the middle in an attempt to attract undecided swing voters didnt work for Al Gore in 2000. It didnt [...]
From WorldNet Daily’s Oklahoma to feds: Don’t tread on me: “Steamed over a perceived increase in federal usurping of states’ rights, Oklahoma’s House of Representatives told Washington, D.C., to back off. Joint House Resolution 1089, passed by an overwhelming 92-3 margin, reasserts Oklahoma’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and, according to [...]
From Gary Hart’s America’s Next Chapter: “Ralph Waldo Emerson noted the political oscillations between the party of memory and the party of hope, the party of conservatism and the party of innovation. Henry Adams believed that ‘a period of about 12 years measured the beat of the pendulum’ during the era of the founders. Arthur [...]
From the Minimalist’s Be Your Own Mixologist: “The point — and this clearly comes from the perspective of a cook, not a bartender — is this: Why not make cocktails from scratch, ignoring the names and acknowledging your preferences? Why not treat the margarita like a dish of pasta with tomatoes, assuming a few given [...]
From NY Times’s Democrats in Delicate Talks to Unify Party: “With the help of one of Washington’s best-connected lawyers, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are negotiating a thicket of complicated issues, like how to repay Mrs. Clinton’s campaign debt and her role at the Democratic convention.”
From Senator Dodd’s Speech in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate: “And let me make clear, at the outset of this debate, that this is not about domestic surveillance itself. We all recognize the importance of domestic surveillance – in an age of unprecedented threats. This is about illegal, unwarranted, unchecked domestic [...]
From Caleb Crain’s How Is the Internet Changing Literary Style?: “Good evening. In my talk tonight, I would like to raise the question, How is the internet changing literary style? The question has at least two aspects. First, Which traits of style change when writing goes online? Second, What are the forces that cause these [...]
From Grist’s As corn and soy fields drown in rainwater, the food crisis deepens: “Think food prices are high? Fasten your seatbelt — and prepare to tighten it. The bad weather combined with dubious federal policies means we’re … well, shucked.” [Hat tip to Dawn for the link]
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