The Screaming Pope
Rants and reactions to contemporary politics, art and culture.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Kafka at GTMO
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“(H)e realized at once that he shouldn’t have spoken out loud and that by doing so he had, in a sense, acknowledge the stranger’s right to o...
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Syriously
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“We’re talking about a country whose economy is the size of Pittsburgh’s,” Times reporter David Sanger quotes an official, “who spoke on t...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Midday Quiz Show on Barbershop Flatscreen
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Here are some questions posed to contestants on a midday television quiz show: What is the name of the Greek runner who ran the first marath...
Monday, April 25, 2011
Atomized
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According to a recent Times obit, Evelyn Einstein, the granddaughter of Albert Einstein who purportedly was adopted by Einstein’s son Hans A...
Friday, April 22, 2011
Easter
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Why is Easter coming so exceptionally late this year? (Last year Easter was on April 4th, this year it’s the 24th. In 2012, it will be April...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
A Painful Case
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Wednesday's Times front-page story, “ Ohio CountyLosing Its Young to Painkillers’ Grip ,” illustrates a sad and strangely futuristic tre...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Facts Among the Flowers
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“Facts Amongst the Flowers” is the title of Mary Beard’s review of Leonardo de Arrizabalaga y Prado’s The Emperor Elagabalus ( TLS , 2/25/11...
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