The Screaming Pope

Rants and reactions to contemporary politics, art and culture.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Helen

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There is a woman who is a modern day Helen of Troy. She realizes the power she has over men, which is to get attention by giving it. Despite...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Milkman the Clubman

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In the old days, before the fall of Lehman, obits routinely listed the names of clubs to which deceased executives had belonged. They were t...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Diasporic Dining: Episode IV

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Back in the days when America was a prosperous country, eating conformed to Thorstein Veblen ’s doctrine of conspicuous consumption.  Oenoph...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Carpe Diem

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Carpe diem , “seize the day,” is the advice of both the sybarite and the stoic. It’s an excuse to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh, as well ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

The Road More Traveled

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Truth be told, most people in our day and age take the road more traveled—even those millions who have read the M. Scott Peck bestseller na...
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Monday, October 19, 2009

In Depth

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Will “boundary violation” ever be restored to its pristine meaning of a border dispute between countries, rather than the current psychologi...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Diasporic Dining: Episode III

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Every 8 seconds a new baby is born in the United States. That’s 15 babies in the last two minutes. But have you asked yourself how many new ...
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Francis Levy's debut novel, Erotomania: A Romance, was released in August 2008 by Two Dollar Radio. His short stories, criticism, humor, and poetry have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Village Voice, The East Hampton Star, The Quarterly, Penthouse, Architectural Digest, TV Guide, The Journal of Irreproducible Results, and other publications. One of his Voice humor pieces was anthologized in The Big Book of New American Humor (HarperCollins). His collection of parables, The Kafka Studies Department with illustrations by Hallie Cohen will appear in September.
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