Month: January 2008

"The Illustrated President"

Oh, too funny. Go read…. “The Illustrated President” by Scott Horton (Harper’s Magazine) So Bush’s description […]

The labor of gratitude

From Lewis Hyde’s “The Gift” (thanks, Evelyn!) As a parable of a gifted person, “The Shoemaker […]

The worst market crisis in 60 years

Soros lays it all out on the table…. go read the whole piece, it’s good. FT.com […]

I say we elect him President of the Galaxy

Zaphod Beeblebrox Richard Branson The resemblance is striking, no? Virgin’s Branson unveils commercial spaceship model | […]

Essential Insanity

Wow. Just go live at the Agonist today – Ian AND Stirling are on! Just, wow. […]

The Adventures of Captain Carnage

Go read Stirling today: The Adventures of Captain Carnage: The Crash of 2008 | The Agonist […]

Cliff Diving

If you’re watching the markets today, it’s Not Pretty. The blogroll on the right links to […]

Glaucoma

Or actually, ocular hypertension. Hey, welcome to your 50th year on earth… Oh well, at least […]

Caracoles

Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Journey into the Heart of an Insurgency “The wise ones of olden times […]

Prophecy

Lewis Hyde – Home Clever at deceit, tricksters are equally clever at seeing through deceit, and […]