Category Archives: politics
The Warrior’s Way
Some Korean news I’m thinking about: Kim Jong Il is not so busy with the Euna Lee and Laura Ling controversy that he doesn’t have time to, uh, give notes to the performers of Eugene Onegin. Also, North Korea has … Continue reading
Filed under Korea, Korean Cinema, politics
Liberate Laura & Euna Now.
Supporters of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the American journalists currently under arrest in North Korea, have made this poster to publicize the case. For the latest updates on how to help, including printing the poster and putting it up … Continue reading
Filed under Korean America, politics
I Am Either Where You Think I Am, Or, Not
It snowed this morning. It’s the first snow of the year. I woke up and there was the beautiful light off the snow in the kitchen as I came downstairs. I felt released from the fall. I took a break … Continue reading
Filed under blogs, books, fiction, fiction prompts, graphic novels, letters to you, meme, politics, what I am working on, writers, writing, writing exercises
Political Memory
My mother was a proponent of the first returnable bottle bill in Maine. I remember her putting me out in the parking lot at our local supermarket with bumper stickers and telling me to put them on people’s cars. What … Continue reading
‘Idiot Wind’
Washington Post titles editorial about McCain campaign’s Khalidi attack “An ‘Idiot Wind’”. Well, how do you really feel about it? Majority of voters believe McCain’s campaign is just attacks on Obama, aren’t sure what he stands for otherwise. Jon Stewart … Continue reading
The News From Paris
In the apartment I rent in Paris, there’s cable television, something I purposely don’t have at home. I eye it warily as the woman agent taking care of the rental details turns it on. I didn’t bring my computer because … Continue reading
The Good News Bad News Bears
After running the US into the ground and bankrupting the economy by running a permanent campaign and trying to create a “permanent Republican majority”, Republicans would like to warn you about the dangers of one-party rule. This is an amazing … Continue reading
Filed under blogs, current events, media, politics
Maybe Someone Could Spend 150k On A Voting Machine That Works In Florida
Campbell Brown, late to the faux feminist outrage ticket, angrily defends Palin against a purported double-standard over criticism that the GOP spent 150k on her wardrobe last month. Somehow forgets Republicans attacking Democratic candidates as elitist, also Republican attacks against … Continue reading
Filed under current events, media, politics
C’est Ma Chimère
One week after a column in which Bill Kristol threw Palin softballs designed to provide political cover for her embarrassing media moments, Kristol brazenly suggests McCain is being ill-served by his campaign and McCain fires back, suggesting Kristol is in … Continue reading
The Big Picture, Pre-Framed
Mark Ames at the Nation online gets it exactly right. The fix was in. There’s no other way to explain the disconnect between Sarah Palin’s performance in last night’s debate–which made me cringe so much that my forehead started to … Continue reading
