Monthly Archives: February 2008

Links (More on McCain Edition), 2/06/08

Josh and John Podhoretz both argue that conservative weeping and gnashing over McCain is a waste of time: McCain is more conservative than most think. James Wigderson makes a lot of sense while not quite being content with McCain. Over at The New Republic (why is this publication still in business? Isn’t lying to all …

February 6, 2008 – 3:18 pm | By ashok | Posted in links | Comments (1)

"I Voted For John McCain And All I Got Was This Lousy President"

Dear Senator McCain: I voted for you only because I couldn’t stomach the way-too-slick (and probably very corrupt) Arkansasan, the “conservative” who would probably say Massachusetts likes him because of his “conservatism,” and the rich nutcase with the support of white supremacists and Truthers everywhere. I’m not very happy right now. The main thing that’s …

February 5, 2008 – 5:16 pm | By ashok | Posted in politics | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

Links, 2/04/08

I like this celebrity snark site waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much. (The pic and post I’ve linked to is perfectly safe for work, but be careful with other things there). Poems: Ario’s poem “Drifts” isn’t very long but is incredibly powerful. I also don’t think I ever linked to Erin Elizabeth’s haiku “Lie,” but it is an …

February 4, 2008 – 6:33 am | By ashok | Posted in links, poetry | Comments (0)

You, Me and Everyone Else: Notes on Amy King’s "Two if by Land, I Do"

Two if by Land, I Do (originally published in Jacket #35) Amy King Do you want revision, air without clouds, do you want some time to, do you think of sun’s flesh, Do you want sinking like an anchor or Do you want what I want, Soap for shoulder bone, Do you want cleansing to …

February 4, 2008 – 5:13 am | By ashok | Posted in poetry, politics | Tagged | Comments (9)

I Don’t Get This Song: Regarding Why?’s "Sanddollars"

Lyrics below quoted directly from songmeanings.net (another copy of this commentary is on last.fm where it was originally published): Your illegal name in watercolor On a piss stained Frisco truck Hoping some camera’d catch your face And the rain came down And the fat worms show up like seared shut Half clotted blood vein sections …

February 3, 2008 – 3:28 am | By ashok | Posted in music | Tagged | Comments (3)

An Introduction to the Politics of Philosophy, Part Final: On Plato’s Crito, The Personification of the Laws, 50a onward

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 50a-b: Socrates tells Crito to suppose the “Laws and communal interest of Athens” were to confront him, and ask him whether he would deny that he is injuring the Laws and the City if he attempted to escape. …

February 1, 2008 – 8:53 pm | By ashok | Posted in philosophy, plato | Tagged | Comments (0)