Nov 18, 2012 | Featured, Sound & Vision, Truth, Truth & Lies, Vids |
The RSA Animate series is one of the best series of introductions to modern thought leaders, be it in philosophy, economics, sociology, psychology and other fields. In 2009 Slavoj Zizek published First As Tragedy, Then As Farce, the title refers to a phrase attached...
Oct 25, 2012 | Featured, Lies, Truth & Lies |
“Couldya fill it up with regular?” The man starts to pump it in and Rabbit gets out of the car and goes around to the back and asks, “How far am I from Brewer?” The farmer looks up with a look of curt distrust from listening to the gas gurgle....
Oct 22, 2012 | Campaigns, Featured, Truth, Truth & Lies |
In San Francisco on Sunday October 16, 2011, in an echo of the Occupy Wall Street movement, a man addressed the crowd with an invitation to participate as if it were a happening in the 1960s hippy style: “They are asking us what is our program. We have no...
Oct 13, 2012 | Featured, Lies, Truth & Lies |
They had us cold, the barrels of their pistols leveled at our hearts. ‘You are ready to leave Mayfield?’ asked the largest trapper. ‘We are leaving,’ said Charlie. I was not sure how he would play it, but he had a habit of cracking his index...
Aug 26, 2012 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
“Will you stop that!” Ammu said, so loudly that Murlidharan, who had hopped off the milestone to stare into the Plymouth, backed off, his stumps jerking in alarm. “What?” Rahel said, but knew immediately what. Her spit bubble. “Sorry, Ammu,” Rahel said. “Sorry doesn’t...
Aug 16, 2012 | Featured, Truth, Truth & Lies |
Bob didn’t seem to be listening. It was as if the crash had made him introspective. He said, almost to himself, “I should never had done all my research in prisons. I should have spent my time inside the Stock Exchange as well.” I looked at Bob....