Tag Archives: 9/11

9/11/2001

The events are real enough. I’m still debating what role 9/11 played in my thought and actions. I had class at Rutgers in New Brunswick, NJ early that morning. My dorm two years before had a clear view of the New York skyline; I used to get up in the morning sophomore year and the …

September 2, 2008 – 7:05 am | By ashok | Posted in academia | Tagged , | Comments (6)

Why Conservatives Should Be Kinder To Truthers

Note: What is below is pure speculation. I wanted a grounding that assigns Truthers to the Left more than the Right. I don’t think I got there, and what’s weirder is that talking about conspiracy theory tends to make one sound like a conspiracy theorist. Oh well. Michael Neumann, a philosopher, and CounterPunch contributor, at …

December 4, 2007 – 3:28 am | By ashok | Posted in politics | Tagged , , | Comments (10)

At Ground Zero

From Jeff Jarvis’ Buzzmachine: There are moments in the film that mesh and do not mesh with my memory. As the Port Authority Police squad arrives downtown, we see that first piece of paper floating down to a corner of the screen. That white, cold blizzard of lives interrupted, falling from the painfully blue sky …

August 10, 2006 – 2:30 am | By ashok | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (0)