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Archives for May 2011
More Crumb From ‘Lines Drawn on Paper’
Now This Is Rich
Surely you've read the news that Gadhafi is being sought for war crimes. You may recall that America's BananaRepublican gangsters never committed any war crimes -- not in Iraq and not in Afghanistan. Unlike Gadhafi, our very own gang of culprits is above reproach. Postscript: May 21 -- Let this be a reminder: Stupidity, Arrogance, Criminality. PPS: May 22 -- The online edition of today's NYT lead editorial, Malign Neglect, lacks the subhead of the print edition: "In declining a case brought by torture victims, the Supreme Court undermined … [Read more...]
Funky Friday
FRISKO © by Norman O. Mustill No comment required ... but I don't think Tony Bennett's nostalgia quite applies. … [Read more...]
NYT: Bin Laden Not Ready for His Close-Up
Isn't editorializing in a news story supposed to be out of bounds at The New York Times? Here's the third graf of Bin Laden's Secret Life in a Diminished World, which (with a headline describing his Shrunken World) dominates the print edition of today's front page: Videos seized from Bin Laden's compound and released by the Obama administration on Saturday showed him wrapped in an old blanket watching himself on TV, like an aging actor imagining a comeback [emphasis added]. You'd think a news editor would have killed the offending phrase. But … [Read more...]
Holocaust Remembrance and Death of Bin Laden
It's no more than a coincidence. Osama Bin Laden was killed on this year's Holocaust Remembrance Day. But it's worth noting, given that the man was motivated by one thing above all else: his hatred of Jews. … [Read more...]
Music Grab Bag
Two young women, both in their mid-20s, both amateur musicians: I came across Amanda Dillard through a friend who pointed out her YouTube video. Leyla McCalla caught my attention not long ago in New Orleans. … [Read more...]