“If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing on God’s earth.” Who said it?
Why are we in Colombia?
There has been a pretty steady drumbeat of news coming out of Latin America recently surrounding the possibility of war between Venezuela and Colombia. In most of this media coverage, the blame […]
Sparkman, collateral damage in the war on drugs?
Hard information about the murder of Bill Sparkman is difficult to gather. The FBI is now on the case and is backpedaling to the point of suggesting it might have been suicide […]
Chasing the dragon, pt. 3
Part 3…God’s own medicine The Obama administration rescinded the Bush administration’s quixotic order to eradicate poppy fields in Afghanistan. Judging by hectare cultivation numbers and harvest yields, the plan was either never […]
Chasing the dragon, pt. 2
Part 2…hatin’ the player, not the game The Senate is prepared to discuss the problem of Afghan corruption at length. It must be all the marble and parliamentary silly-talk that makes these […]
Chasing the dragon, pt. 1
Part 1…lying sidelong on a divan in the Senate cloakroom That John Kerry and his Senate Foreign Relations Committee are a regular bunch of cards. Their Aug. 10 report, “Afghanistan’s Narco War: […]
From the people who brought you the echo chamber: a call to give back
By J. Pratt Vulpes Imagine a world where children are raised to become agents of change throughout their work and lives, not docile employees, consumers, and followers. One in which corporate personhood […]
Just say "No" to honest, open debate
Out in the west Texas town of El Paso, where bags of drugs are simply thrown over the border from Juarez to be retrieved from back yards on the US side, things […]
One does not go to Tula with one's own samovar
Get it? No, okay. A samovar is the traditional Russian contraption for making tea. Very few Russians actually use one anymore because the electric kettle has made them obsolete.* Tula was the […]
"The Wire"–the best show on television and a guide to American decline
By Martin Bosworth Last night saw the premiere of the final season of “The Wire,” HBO’s long-running drama that started out as a gritty look at the cat-and-mouse battle between overworked, underpaid […]
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