Thursday, 21 August 2008
On the Expectation of Bad News
Our fears are being stoked, although it's an activity that just about everyone seems to be playing.
The Worst Product in All Creation
Want to make a principled stand about bottled water? If you buy it, reycle; if you don't, shut up and turn on the tap.
The End of Oil Things
The end of cheap oil means more than paying extra at the pump, but nobody seems to want to grasp that.
Athens vs. Jerusalem, Part I
Jerusalem gives us no science, no democracy, no philosophers of any kind, but we supposed to consider it sublime and holy.
A Life in Catalogues
The new escapist literature: cookware magazines!
The Random Kvetches of Hajii al-Badr
Our Most Christian Candidates
How do you undo the radical ideas of the Founding Fathers? Why, you create a religious test for higher office, that’s how!