I Am the Word might be better called I Am the Challenge. From the get-go, Paul Selig’s channeled text challenges readers on multiple levels, and the stakes couldn’t be higher: mankind is on the verge of a great awakening—an evolution to the next level of understanding—and readers can tune into that and help make it […]
Archive | August, 2010
Channeling the word and opening to wonder
If I’d not heard him channel before, I might’ve been a little weirded out when he started mumbling under his breath at super-speed. Then he would stop, rewind, then repeat in his normal voice what he’d just speed-whispered. Then the fast-forward mumbling would interject, and onward he’d speed, and then again he’d stop, rewind, and […]
What's It Wednesday: now with 100% more what's it
By Ann Ivins What is happening in this photo? Fine. Here’s the whole scene and another picture to CONFOUND AND AMAZE you…
TunesDay: Happy birthday, old rock stars
Courtesy of comedian Tim Hawkins, today’s TunesDay is dedicated to S&R’s own rock star, who flips another year on the calendar this Saturday. He knows who he is.
Unsolicited Museum Review: Sargent and the Sea at the Royal Academy
John Singer Sargent is largely known for being a portrait painter, capturing the faces of the Gilded Age of the late 19th century in American and Europe. Unlike Whistler, another American in Europe who preceded him by about 20 years or so, Sargent was always slated to be an artist, and spent his formative years […]
When professors attack (each other): a response to "What exactly is a doctorate?"
A friend and colleague passed along a Gizmodo article today entitled “What exactly is a doctorate?” First, take a second to look it over, and make sure you sift through the comments, as well, because I think they’re important to the point I want to make. I’ll begin by acknowledging three important things. First, the […]
Hugo Best Novel Nominee Review: The City & The City, by China Miéville
I’ve come to be of two minds about China Miéville. On the one hand, he is a powerful writer with a strong, if dark, vision. He does have a fanatical following, including a number of bright people over at Crooked Timber, who have devoted a number breathless group discussions to Miéville’s work. Miéville has the […]
The Trouble with Paradise, or why Pakistan Sucks: Redux
In 2007 I wrote about the asymmetry of “caring”; of how the Indonesian tsunami of that year had unleashed the biggest charity response in history while the Pakistani floods had left people unmoved. Three years later Pakistan has flooded again and The Huffingonton Post makes an impassioned plea as to why we should care, but […]
Friday Afternoon Rock Show: "What's that spell?!"
Get your weekend on, folks.
Israel v. Palestine brings out the Jewish in me
Is holding Jews to a higher standard helpful to peace in the Middle East?
For a political rookie, a devolution to abhor and avoid
A young Afghan war veteran, whose family has lived in my district for eight generations, wishes to be my next representative in Congress. He would succeed the imploded former Rep. Eric Massa, whom I supported, and who taught me the bittersweet consequences of commingling voter naїvete with false hope, as did candidate-turned-President Obama. This young […]
The Political Compass: just how "liberal" is S&R, anyway?
Three years ago the S&R staff took the Political Compass test, an interesting survey that seeks to get past our simplistic either/or sense of American political life. Red or Blue? Liberal or Conservative? Left or Right? Metro or Retro? Coastal or Flyover? With us or Agin’ Us? And so on. While their approach is hardly […]
Balance and Writing (part three): "Ballast, not Balance" by Jill Moore
Earlier this summer, the Clockhouse Writers Conference (CWC) at Goddard College hosted a keynote session on balance and writing. This is the final essay in a three-part series by the keynote panelists. by Jill Moore We’ll begin with a disclaimer. If you are expecting to hear anything enlightening, inspiring, or informative about how to find […]
Serial denialists and the state of permanent war
The refusal to face up to reality that the United States cannot succeed in Afghanistan, despite all evidence to the contrary, suggests that the political elite is desperately clinging to the American system of global military hegemony.
S&R Honors
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populartechnology: You are seriously comparing the mathematical error…
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Brian Angliss: Their methodology is imperfect. They admit it. I…
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I-5 bridge collapse: reflecting on our crumbling infrastructure | Scholars and Rogues: […] Wufnik from last November, post-Sandy: …
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