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Category Archives: Political ramblings
Nine Years. Nine Years.
If you were a freshman in high school right now, you would have no memories of what the United States was like before it went to war. On October 7, 2001, the Bush administration launched “Operation Infinite Justice”, which was … Continue reading
One Nation Working Together- A Celebration
This post was supposed to go up Monday…just realized it didn’t get published… On Saturday, Tim, Cristina and I rolled up to the One Nation Working Together rally in Washington D.C. Our friend Paul had hosted a raucous party the … Continue reading
One Nation Working Together Shout Out
I’ll be joining thousands of civil rights activists, union organizers and anti-war protesters tomorrow at the One Nation Working Together rally in Washington, D.C. It may have gotten less press than the Stewart/Colbert rally (which I will probably also attend) … Continue reading
An Evening of Book Bans, The Clash and The Crash
Last night the good people at Housing Works put together a great event on the longstanding tradition of banning “controversial” books. The event was held at their bookstore on Crosby Street, which is an absolute gold mine of awesome used … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, NYC, Political ramblings
Tagged Book Banning, Catch-22, Crispus, Herald Price Fahringer, Housing Works
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Jesus Christ and the Sword of Destiny
Today’s New York Times has a great piece, “Atheists Outdo Some Believers in Surveys“, in which atheists, Mormons and Jews easily outpaced Christians in a random Pew survey asking questions about world religions and religious figures. Christian Evangelicals and Mormons … Continue reading
Posted in Political ramblings
Tagged Christopher Hitchens, Jesus, Overheard in New York, Swords
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Colbert testifies before Congress
As Kurt Angle would say, “It’s true, it’s true.” This morning Stephen Colbert testified before a House panel on immigration reform. Colbert recently participated in the United Farm Workers “Take our jobs” campaign, in which Americans are challenged to perform … Continue reading
The Nutcracker and the New York Times
A couple days ago, the New York Times sternly took on the “nutcacker” boom in Harlem. The article laughably drew comparisons to the prohibition era and the crack epidemic of the 80s. Let’s get real on nutcrackers. I had no … Continue reading
Posted in Political ramblings
Tagged Coney Island, Mike Bloomberg, New York Times, nutcrackers
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The Buttons of Perception
The Rolling Stones Between the Buttons was part of the three album inheritance that started my music collection, along with The Man Machine by Kraftwerk and Past Masters Volume 2 by the Beatles, a preposterous collection of hit singles that … Continue reading
Administrative Code Writing Pop Quiz
As we all know, Mayor Bloomberg’s lame ban on smoking in parks, pedestrian plazas and beaches was announced last week to much fanfare. Turns out they were tweaking the proposed law even on the day of the press release. You … Continue reading
Living The Dream: Words To Live By
“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia…could not by force take a drink from the Ohio … Continue reading
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