Ethics and Melodrama 2: The Last Stand
Happy Thanksgiving! I am full of foods which you might already be able to guess (except for the pomegranate seeds), and am seriously considering, partly on the basis of today and partly on… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: had to re-post to fix the numbering.) Because this is a post about language, we have to have a bunch of quotes right up front. It’s the capital S, oh yes,… Continue reading
Then last night, actually, it was our twentieth wedding anniversary. And I took Chiquita to see the show about Billie Holiday, and I looked at these show-business people, who know nothing about Billie… Continue reading
Since things are turning into a last chance Hegelian power drive over here, and I’m still woozy from the results of election night, I thought I’d just go ahead and re-print this little… Continue reading
Would somebody please sweep these up into some sort of intelligible thing? • What the hell do they put in the coffee in Seattle? Nicotine, because it’s more addictive than heroin? People move… Continue reading
This is something I’ve been meaning to write about for awhile, but I haven’t had a good opportunity. Why is it that the third season of Arrested Development handles its closet case in… Continue reading
Dear readers, I’ve started writing about Badiou and Zizek, and Stanley Fish and Walter Benn Michaels, over at The Valve. The point is what we lose by academic infighting: Forgetting the Apologists I’ve… Continue reading
First of all, thanks to Juniper June, Matt, Joy, and Brandon for their comments on my last post. I’ll write a comment in response after this, and fix the broken link to Juniper… Continue reading