The Screaming Pope
Rants and reactions to contemporary politics, art and culture.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
The Silence
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There is a beauty but also violence to silence. Is this the unrest that produced Emily Dickinson ’s turbulent poetry? Do people listen to m...
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Lonely Crowd II
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Erica Jong coined the term “zipless fuck,” but the desire for instant intimacy obviously has a storied history, from Catullus to The Cant...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Independent Travel for Husbands, Wives and Lovers
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Not to make light of the case of the twice divorced Chinese computer scientist who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for gr...
Monday, May 24, 2010
Trading Places
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“The Tradeworx computers get price quotes from the exchanges, decide how to trade, complete a risk analysis and generate a buy or sell orde...
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Lives of Our Leaders: It's Hard to be the King II
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It’s doubtful that there will be any more Abe Lincolns, Teddy or Franklin Roosevelts, or John F. Kennedys. It’s not that there aren’t honor...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Lives of Our Leaders: The Secret Life of Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
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“Then, with that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walte...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Anus Mirabilis
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Remember when you were a kid and had a thermometer shoved up your ass? Remember the jar of Vaseline? Remember the dread? There are those wh...
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