Category Archives: Propaganda

Lying is performance art

Years ago, against my prejudice, I allowed a friend to drag me to a species of — oh, that’s not fair — an event called performance art. (Why were we sitting in the front row?) My pre-judgment had been right. … Continue reading

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Guns in America, an up-to-date compilation. I think

Most of this news we all know but there are two or three details that surprised me. See if you can spot them. From Harper’s Weekly Review: An 84-year-old white man whose grandson described him as “sit[ting] and watch[ing] Fox … Continue reading

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I am not a subject. I am a citizen

I never considered the distinction between those two nouns until I read Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945, by Richard Overy. In laying out every detail leading to and encompassing World War II, Overy tells us that the … Continue reading

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