Poetic pragmatism, neo-transcendentalism, bikes, burritos, basketball.
The NYT’s Lens blog recently posted a couple of great articles about the photographers who captured the Tienanmen Square protests in 1989. The first offers four riveting oral histories from photographers who captured the “Tank Man” in his moment of defiance, and the second adds a new twist: this amazing image from street level. Disorder. [...]
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What I know about the inner-workings of politics I learned in The Power Broker, and therefore I don’t claim to know much other than the sausage-making involved in building the Triborough Bridge. Still, I was struck by the following passage from Ryan Lizza’s New Yorker profile of Peter Orszag, the Director of the Office of [...]
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Confucius: To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense, aka “Rumsfucious:” As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is [...]
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Okay, one last political thing. In the wee hours before yesterday’s inauguration, a genius prankster named Alex Zecca reportedly covered every “Bush” street sign from downtown to the Marina with a sticker that said “Obama.” I heard about it when I got into work, but missed the chance to see it for myself. Luckily, Vanessa [...]
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It appears to have been attended primarily by ants. Thx, Chris. From GeoEye.
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Jesse Jackson mentioned that he had expected Rev. Joseph Lowery to end the benediction with a “stemwinder.” What’s a stemwinder? Well, apparently, it’s a old-timey term used to describe “a rousing political speech.” (Jesse was right, too). Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of [...]
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(The title is from a poet named Tao Lin in a collection called this emotion was a little e-book). The Internet is like a small town, especially when there’s something to disagree about. Recently, some of my favorite Internet citizens got into it over Obama’s decision to have poetry at his inauguration. I’ve always liked [...]
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Incoming White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel recently discussed the next administration’s approach to the financial crisis, telling the Wall Street Journal, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Linking politics, crisis and opportunity, Emanuel’s sentiments evoked either Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom or Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, depending on your level [...]
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My name is Doug LeMoine. I work both on, and for, the Internet. You can find more about me in the About Me page that I wrote about me.
