Archive for December, 2007

You Too Could Be a Stupid President Someday

Tonight’s Lolita Bar debaters (on the topic of the military and peace) are interesting, among other reasons, in that they’ve both worked for people who ran for president. Sarah Federman worked for the Clintons, famous for adjusting their positions to boost their popularity. John Carney worked for Pat Buchanan, who is not famous […]

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Demagoguery, Duran Duran, Elton John, and the Ideal Length

I have a lot of sympathy for Samuel Beckett’s obsession with the question of when to stop writing or speaking, of how to know when — if ever — you’ve said enough to sum things up aptly, or whether we’re doomed to keep blathering and uttering little snippets of half-meaning without really conveying the most […]

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