December 2011
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“The entire Republican primary, thus far, has had the quality of a dream within a...”
– Amy Davidson’s commentary on Newt Gingrich and the republican primaries in The New Yorker
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Christopher Hitchens and the protocol for public... →
youngmanhattanite:
Christopher Hitchens and the protocol for public figure deaths
Hitchens was obviously more urbane and well-written than the average neocon faux-warrior, but he was also often more vindictive and barbaric about his war cheerleading. One of the only writers with the courage to provide the full picture of Hitchens upon his death was Gawker‘s John Cook, who — in an...
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“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring.
It is an active noun, like struggle.
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– ~ Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers (via bohemianarthouse)
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“However, exploitation is not only found in communism, capitalism is a system...”
– Hayao Miyazaki (via andrewfm)
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kateoplis:
In the US, the message from the mayors is simple: You’ve made your point. Now go to your room and shut up. We’ve got a lawn to keep up, and you’ve spoiled it. America’s “grown-ups” as the political class likes to think of itself, have never had much patience when it comes to the “children”, as its mere citizens are known. And yet, America’s democratic revolutionary origins are at the...
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“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been....”
– Isaac Asimov (via azspot)