GROWN ASS MAN.
A video.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
My God is the Sun.
Starring Queens of the Stone Age.
PITCHFORK: Watch: Queens of the Stone Age Perform New Track "My God Is the Sun"
PITCHFORK: Watch: Queens of the Stone Age Perform New Track "My God Is the Sun"
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The Artist.
a short film from wangechi mutu starring santigold.
PITCHFORK: Watch Santigold in a Short Film by Artist Wangechi Mutu
PITCHFORK: Watch Santigold in a Short Film by Artist Wangechi Mutu
Sacrilege.
A video.
From the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
PITCHFORK: Watch Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Sacrilege" Video, Starring Lily Cole, Announce Tour
From the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
PITCHFORK: Watch Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Sacrilege" Video, Starring Lily Cole, Announce Tour
Monday, March 25, 2013
CONTACT.
An Ongoing Discussion/Moment of Clarity.
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Daum: Cure for homophobia? It's personal
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Daum: Cure for homophobia? It's personal
Friday, March 22, 2013
The Weight.
A Moment of Clarity...
WORDS.
"...As I think back to the crucible of 2003, two remarks made by Arab friends stand out particularly.
...The second comment was from a Syrian friend who opposed the war.
...My friend took me aside after the fighting had been raging for several months. I am still haunted by what he said: “I am sorry for America. You are stuck. You have become a country of the Middle East. America will never change Iraq, but Iraq will change America.”..."
THE WASHINGTON POST: The painful lessons of Iraq
EARLIER:
WORDS.
ALSO:
THE DISH: Flies Collecting On a Wound
WORDS.
"...As I think back to the crucible of 2003, two remarks made by Arab friends stand out particularly.
...The second comment was from a Syrian friend who opposed the war.
...My friend took me aside after the fighting had been raging for several months. I am still haunted by what he said: “I am sorry for America. You are stuck. You have become a country of the Middle East. America will never change Iraq, but Iraq will change America.”..."
THE WASHINGTON POST: The painful lessons of Iraq
EARLIER:
WORDS.
ALSO:
THE DISH: Flies Collecting On a Wound
WORDS.
"...The 2012 election revealed insufficient GOP enthusiasm among working-class Americans and plummeting support among rising demographic groups, particularly Asians and Latinos. Appealing to these voters will require more than repetition of the Republican economic message circa 1980. They want the reassurance of a modern, functioning safety net and the realistic hope of economic and social mobility. Republicans have yet to effectively address either priority.
This is partly an institutional problem. A smattering of conservative policy experts is working on these issues — conservative alternatives on health and education reform or promoting social capital and family stability. But the major conservative think tanks tend to be driven by ideological and donor priorities. Few conservative institutions operate effectively at the confluence of policy and politics.
...Major Republican donors seem perfectly willing to support the presidential races of quixotic candidates. They foot the bill for television attack ads. They seem less interested in funding the revival of ideas and policy that is a prerequisite to reestablishing a GOP majority. It is a strategic failure of the first order..."
THE WASHINGTON POST: The Republican Party’s shortcomings
This is partly an institutional problem. A smattering of conservative policy experts is working on these issues — conservative alternatives on health and education reform or promoting social capital and family stability. But the major conservative think tanks tend to be driven by ideological and donor priorities. Few conservative institutions operate effectively at the confluence of policy and politics.
...Major Republican donors seem perfectly willing to support the presidential races of quixotic candidates. They foot the bill for television attack ads. They seem less interested in funding the revival of ideas and policy that is a prerequisite to reestablishing a GOP majority. It is a strategic failure of the first order..."
THE WASHINGTON POST: The Republican Party’s shortcomings
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
WORDS.
For Your Consideration.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: What America Learned in Iraq
SEE ALSO:
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A Decade of Despair
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ten Years After
THE NEW YORK TIMES: What America Learned in Iraq
SEE ALSO:
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A Decade of Despair
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ten Years After
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
WORDS.
"...if (Senator) Portman can turn around on one issue once he realizes how it touches his family personally, shouldn't he take some time to think about how he might feel about other issues that don't happen to touch him personally? Obviously the answers to complicated public policy questions don't just directly fall out of the emotion of compassion. But what Portman is telling us here is that on this one issue, his previous position was driven by a lack of compassion and empathy. Once he looked at the issue through his son's eyes, he realized he was wrong. Shouldn't that lead to some broader soul-searching? Is it just a coincidence that his son is gay, and also gay rights is the one issue on which a lack of empathy was leading him astray? That, it seems to me, would be a pretty remarkable coincidence. The great challenge for a senator isn't to go to Washington and represent the problems of his own family. It's to try to obtain the intellectual and moral perspective necessary to represent the problems of the people who don't have direct access to the corridors of power..."
SLATE: Rob Portman and the Politics of Narcissism
SLATE: Rob Portman and the Politics of Narcissism
Thursday, March 14, 2013
WORDS.
"Not since Benghazi — no, not since Fast and Furious has the G.O.P. seemed this intent on second-guessing the Obama administration. I refer, of course, to the matter of White House public tours.
...More than a few commentators have described the tour decision as an example of Washington Monument syndrome — cutting the most visible, popular services to make a point. But isn’t the point — that the sequester is real — worth making? And wouldn’t it be nice if the Republicans currently expressing “concern” on behalf of “thousands of students, families and tour groups” who may not gain access to the White House, diverted a sliver of their attention to the 125,000 individuals and families who may not gain access to public housing?"
THE NEW YORK TIMES: White House Tour Outrage
...More than a few commentators have described the tour decision as an example of Washington Monument syndrome — cutting the most visible, popular services to make a point. But isn’t the point — that the sequester is real — worth making? And wouldn’t it be nice if the Republicans currently expressing “concern” on behalf of “thousands of students, families and tour groups” who may not gain access to the White House, diverted a sliver of their attention to the 125,000 individuals and families who may not gain access to public housing?"
THE NEW YORK TIMES: White House Tour Outrage
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
A Moment of Clarity.
THE WASHINGTON POST: Paul Ryan’s magical budget
SEE ALSO:
THE WASHINGTON POST: Budget war showcases sharp contrast in values and priorities
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Unbalanced on budgets
LOS ANGELES TIMES: McManus: Sadder but wiser pols
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Worst of the Ryan Budgets
THE WASHINGTON POST: Paul Ryan’s magical budget
SEE ALSO:
THE WASHINGTON POST: Budget war showcases sharp contrast in values and priorities
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Unbalanced on budgets
LOS ANGELES TIMES: McManus: Sadder but wiser pols
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Worst of the Ryan Budgets
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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