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Fall Break
In Pursuit of Distance
When is a secret no secret at all? Magic — stage magic of the sort that makes elephants disappear — relies on the best efforts of the pyrotechnician and the orchestra and the lighting designer. There is pomp and there is circumstantial evidence of a good time. It’s all quite earnest, quite...
FíorScríobh
Fíor Schríobh is a virtual exhibition on Instagram documenting the fascinating bilingual street signs of Dublin city and shining a light on the beautiful ancient Irish script seen on these signs. The word is pronounced feer-SHCREE-uv in the Irish language (Gaeilge) and means True (Fíor) Script (Scríobh). As the curator...
Book Review: “In the Shadow of Justice: Postwar Liberalism and the Remaking of Political Philosophy”
Liberalism! The great empty hole in many radicals’ understanding of the political spectrum. In many respects, we treat it like a fact of life, like the weather, but also as something ephemeral, something that will just go away as soon as the real shit, the facts, the structural realities, assert...
In Isolation
My room, now that I am in it, is at the front of the house, and directly opposite the Fire Station. Arrivals and departures, noise, flashing lights, hooting alarms, skidding, empty streets, but, still at emergency vehicle pace. Freedom to attend what he thought of as non-first responders’ events. Yet perhaps they were? There are... Continue Reading →
Beauty in Decay
A Q&A with conceptual artist Jennifer Weigel.
Book Review: “The Managerial Revolution: What Is Happening in the World”
Who does half-smart like a renegade Trotskyite? From what I can tell of his biography, James Burnham didn’t come to Trotskyism the way you think a political figure born in the first decade of the twentieth century might — after becoming a Communist and growing disgusted by Stalinism. No, he...
Hagia Sophia
You don’t sing anymoreyour bells don’t ring on Sundaysand your icons don’t chantwhen the dawn returns from its walk in the darkByzantium is but the shadow of a whisperthat holds your hollow ghost like the dead hold their bonesyour eyes are dry, for life has escapedthrough cracks that were supposedto show pilgrims parts of a... Continue Reading →
All the Pretty Paintings
So we go to this gallery—me, Marie, the kids—and it’s not only what I expect, it’s worse. Awful, pointless, white. Everywhere white, the art and the crowd. “Incredible,” says Marie, in her signature monotone, swiveling her head left then right, which means she approves. “Dumb,” says Mikey, which means that in two minutes flat, he’ll... Continue Reading →
Timeline of Irresponsibility
The many times Texas leadership had failed the people of Texas, as well as failed to adequately respond to multiple health and natural disasters during 2020 -2022...