REAL ART (and politics and culture)

GRIEVING NOTES Day Four: Thursday, October 18, 2007 I finally got enough sleep. We didn't have to be at the funeral home until three, s...

GRIEVING NOTES Day Three: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 MONTAGUE: Alas, my liege, my wife is dead to-night -From Shakespeare's Romeo and J...

GRIEVING NOTES Day Two: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Part Two: Evening The plane ride was uneventful. Actually, because I rarely do it, flying ...

GRIEVING NOTES Interlude Well, when I first visualized writing this series on the five days following my mother's death, I figured I...

GRIEVING NOTES Day Two: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Part One: Morning and Afternoon My drinking the night before made waking up difficult. The...

GRIEVING NOTES Day One: Monday, October 15, 2007 The transition from grad school to real life hasn't been easy for me. I've been st...

GRIEVING NOTES Intro Okay, I think I'm ready to start blogging again. But before I get back into the regular grind, I want to spend may...

A DEATH IN MY FAMILY I just learned that my mother died this afternoon. They think it was a heart attack. She was only 67, and still livin...

Southern Baptists Seek Laws Making 'Will Of Christ' Supreme From AlterNet : Land denies that Southern Baptists want a government tha...

Ex-Phone Chief Says N.S.A. Sought Data Earlier From the New York times courtesy of AlterNet : The phone company Qwest Communications refused...

FROM THE REAL ART SPORTS DESK Kentucky topples top-ranked LSU in third overtime From the AP via ESPN: As a blue stream of Kentucky fans pour...

FROM THE REAL ART SPORTS DESK Texas ends Big 12 skid, sends Iowa St. to worst loss since '97 From the AP via ESPN: Colt McCoy threw four...

PRO-LIFE MEANS PRO-DEATH Legal or Not, Abortion Rates Compare From the New York Times courtesy of AlterNet : A comprehensive global study of...

FRIDAY CAT BLOGGING Phil Reine Be sure to check out Modulator's Friday Ark for more cat blogging! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...

Cato, Trade and Outsourcing From CounterPunch , an essay on outsourcing mythology by Reagan administration economist Paul Craig Roberts: Few...

Turkey pulls ambassador over U.S. genocide bill From the AP via the Houston Chronicle: Turkey ordered its ambassador in Washington to return...

FRANK ZAPPA'S "YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS" From Wikipedia: The title track "You Are What You Is" is an up-tempo pop rock st...

IN HONOR OF HILLARY Well, it's looking like Hillary's going to be the one. She's steadily creeping away from Obama, and once sh...

GOP ACCIDENTAL TRUTH TELLING From Think Progress courtesy of AlterNet : Rohrabacher: Blackwater CEO Is ‘An American Hero Just Like Ollie No...

Mellencamp song about Jena, La. gets mayor upset; calls song's video inflammatory From the AP via the Houston Chronicle: A video in whic...