…if what was published in his newletter for over ten years can be believed. As one smartie put it, there are three options for Paul supporters, when faced with the massive weight of evidence (just see the scans of his newletters, aforelinked) …there's no way Paul could have been ignorant of the content [of] 8-12Continue reading “Ron Paul is a racist paranoid homophobic crank…”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
From Romney to Rome to murder: today in inequality news
The inequality news from just one day in December 2011: The likely GOP contender is almost certainly a member of the 1% (from a great story in the Times): During his political career, Mr. Romney has promoted his experience as a businessman while deflecting criticism of layoffs caused by private equity deals by noting thatContinue reading “From Romney to Rome to murder: today in inequality news”
“This most unusual career”: Vaclav Havel
This has been a tumultuous year, and it continues with the loss of one of world's greatest civilians, Vaclav Havel. I miss him already. For me this is perhaps his most essential quote: …you do not become a "dissident" just because one day you decide to take up this most unusual career. Your are thrownContinue reading ““This most unusual career”: Vaclav Havel”
Christopher Hitchens: Why I hate Christmas
Well, at least the late, great Christopher Hitchens won't have to endure any more Christmas carols. The core objection, which I restate every December at about this time, is that for almost a whole month, the United States—a country constitutionally based on a separation between church and state—turns itself into the cultural and commercial equivalentContinue reading “Christopher Hitchens: Why I hate Christmas”
Tennessee Williams: I’m not a typical homosexual
(In case there was any doubt)…from an interview with Tennessee Williams: "I'm not a typical homosexual. I can identify completely with Blanche — we are both hysterics — with Alma [Winehouse], and even with Stanley, though I did have trouble with some of the butch characters. If you understand schizophrenics, I'm not really a dualContinue reading “Tennessee Williams: I’m not a typical homosexual”
How to pitch an article: James Wolcott
From a first rate review by Charles McNulty in the Los Angeles TImes. The witty Wolcott, now at Vanity Fair, first worked at the Village Voice, and learned from reading other pitches how to write to intrigue: "Avoid preamble — flip the on switch in the first sentence. Find a focal point for your nervous energy,Continue reading “How to pitch an article: James Wolcott”
Is it too late to stop climate change? (the Onion)
Reporting from Geneva, the Not the New York Times: A new report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned Monday that global warming is likely to become completely irreversible if no successful effort is made to slow down the trend before 2006. Unless greenhouse-gas emissions are drastically reduced by then, the report concludes,Continue reading “Is it too late to stop climate change? (the Onion)”
Researchers find high levels of mercury in CA coastal fog
This is the story I found at this year's fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union — how fog off California's coastal coast may be importing mercury from the ocean on to the land. The team, led by chemist Peter Weiss-Penzias, reported finding "very high" levels of mercury, a neurotoxin, in the fog, according toContinue reading “Researchers find high levels of mercury in CA coastal fog”
The art of John Lennon
For this day, a marvelous Tom Ashbrook interview with the warm and thoughtful Tom Riley, who has written this year's definite biography of John. Riley notes: Beyond his music, Lennon’s talent as a cartoonist, illustrator, lithographer, and collage artist influenced every aspect of his work. His songs carve out richly textured spaces of sound, whichContinue reading “The art of John Lennon”
Dumb headline of the year: Sugar bombs edition
Washington Post, you're better than this: Some Children's Cereals Packed with Sugar, Study Finds Really? Didn't Calvin tells us this, what, twenty-five years ago? I know, it's a study by the Environmental Working Group, but that's no excuse for the lack of imagination. Here's Grist's: Cereal Offenders Ah. That's better.
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