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To the old, the new is usually bad news.
--Eric Hoffer
Strange that science, which in the old days seemed harmless, should have evolved into a nightmare that causes everyone to tremble.
--Albert Einstein
Sometimes one can reach happiness that can only be found when one is 20 year-old, without possessing anything.
--Paul Nizan
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
--Oscar Wilde
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Femi Akomolafe
The Descent Of The Vultures - 12/28
Obama: Were We All Naïve? - 12/14
Mo Ibrahim Africa Leadership Award - 11/30
Ghana's Ministers In Trotro - 11/16
Hypocrisy As Way Of Life! - 11/2
Understanding Amerikkka - 10/19
Yar'adua Fiddles While Nigeria Burns - 10/5
Africa And The International Criminal Court Of [In]justice - 09/21
The Logic Of Corruption - 09/7
Oh, Shut Up, Mrs. Clinton! - 08/24
Professor Henry Gates Got His Comeuppance - 08/10
Ghana Politics: It's Our Turn To Eat - 08/10
The Fountain Of Knowledge: Nigerian Election Fraud, Charms, and Amulets - 07/27
Welcome Emperor Obama - 07/27
Brother Obama's Visit To Ghana: The Nigerian Perspectives - 07/13
Ghana: The Audacity Of Looting - Update - 05/18
Rebranding Nigeria: An Exercise In Futility - 05/4
Nigeria: The Plane Truth - 04/20
Feeling Sorry For Nigerian Scammers - 04/6
Zimbabwe: Constructive Engagement - 03/23
Ghana: The Audacity Of Looting - 03/9
Cry Palestine - 02/23
Understanding Nigeria - 02/9
Bush's Last Hurrah - 01/26
Ghana Elections: Good News Is No News - 01/12
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Simone Alié-Daram
Bilan Matin/Morning Appraisal - 12/14
Histoire d'une pathologie : Le syndrome de Lasthénie de Ferjol - 10/19
Réflexions sur la démocratie - 07/27
Jour d'élection - 06/29
Les sursauts gamma (Gamma Ray Burst) ou la fin des étoiles - 06/1
Dodecasyllabe traffic - 05/4
Le Marché - 04/6
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Gilles d'Aymery
Blips #93 - 12/28
The First Obama Year - 12/14
Blips #92 - 11/30
Dors Petit Homme, Dors Petit Frère: Priam (May 1999 - November 2009) - 11/16
Succumbing To PayPal - 11/2
Contrast - 10/19
Blips #91 - 10/5
Iran: War Madness - 10/5
Blips #90 - 09/21
Health Care Here And There - 09/21
Blips #89 - 09/7
Eurasian Spectacle And Reality - 08/24
Blips #88 - 08/10
Blips #87 - 06/29
American Sick Care Vs. Wellness - 06/15
What Are You Doing? - 05/18
Blips #86 - 05/4
Blips #85 - 04/20
Introduction To The French Corner - 04/6
The Dirty Little Financial Secret - 04/6
Blips #84 - 04/6
A New Zephyr Breezes Over The Worldwide Prairie - 03/23
Blips #83 - 03/23
Blips #82 - 03/9
Blips #81 - 02/23
Blips #80 - 02/23
Blips #79 - 02/9
Blips #78 - 01/26
Walking Away From Israel Made Easier - 01/12
In Defense Of George W. - 01/12
Blips #77 - 01/12
Bernie Madoff And The Establishment - 01/1
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Michael Barker
The Religious Right And World Vision's "Charitable" Evangelism - 12/28
Failure Of Progressive Thought - 12/14
The Russell Sage Foundation And The Manufacture Of Reform - 11/30
Howard Zinn And The Co-option Of Social Change - 11/16
Nancy Nye And Humanitarian Capitalism (For Palestine) - 11/16
George Monbiot And The Persistence Of The Population Myth - 11/2
Laurance Rockefeller And Capitalist Conservation - 10/19
The CIA, Drugs, And An Australian Killer Cop - 10/5
Anti-Nuclear Philanthropy And The US Peace Movement - 09/21
Combating [Some] Slavery - 09/7
Liberal Foundations And Anti-Racism Activism - 08/24
Environmental Populationism, A Dangerous Obsession - 08/10
Subverting Civil Society 101: Managing The Masses - 07/27
Counter-Discourses And Female Circumcision - 07/27
Nonviolence International And Imperialism - 07/13
Female Circumcision And The Tahirih Justice Center - 07/13
Buying The Environment To Save Capitalism - 06/29
Dreams Of Social Responsibility: Rio Tinto, Capitalism, and Indigenous Rights - 06/15
Greenwashing Eden: The Uses And Abuses Of Biodiversity - 06/1
General Electric: War Corporation, Liberal Hangout, Or Both? - 05/18
Sustainable Population - 05/4
Imperial Crusaders For Global Governance - 04/20
Who Wants A One World Government? - 04/6
Blame The Media - 03/23
Global Media Managers - 03/9
Hollywood's Corporate Conservation Collaborators - 02/23
Engineering Human Rights In The Israel-Palestine Conflict - 02/9
When Environmentalists Legitimize Plunder - 01/26
Jane Goodall's Elite Monkey Business - 01/12
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Jan E. Baughman
The Ideological Struggle Continues - 12/28
2009: It Was What It Was - 12/14
(R)evolutionary Health Care Reform - 09/21
Death By Socialism - 08/24
Health Care Profits Of Doom - 06/29
Card-Carrying Campers - 06/15
Polarizing Global Warming Politics - 05/18
Roger, My Chevy, And Me - 04/20
National Priorities In The Economic And Digital Divide - 02/9
The Legacy Of W. - 01/26
No Laurels To Rest On - 01/1
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Peter Byrne
A Private Feminine Eye - 12/28
Year End Closet Sweep Out - 12/14
Never On Time: Robert Frank And The Americans - 11/30
How Granta Got Lost On The Way to Chicago - 11/16
Wandering: NYC, Chicago, Albany - 11/2
Talespinning Sarajevo-Chicago - 10/19
The Poet Who Would Not Be Expelled From History - 10/5
Only Read The Small Print - 09/21
Studs Reloaded - 09/7
Counting The Dead In London - 08/24
No Red Carpet To Sulfur City - 08/10
Curtainless In Sulfur City - 08/10
Justice At Sea - 07/27
Egypt In The Mirror - 07/13
Gender Bent And Bleeding - 06/29
Captain Algren At The Tiller - 06/15
Costa-Gavras And The Z-To-Amen Of Political Cinema - 06/1
Turkey On Trial - 05/18
Bulgaria Unter Alles - 05/4
Singing Along With Marowitz - 04/20
I Am Che Guevara - 04/6
GBS: The Future Of A Rebel - 03/23
My Istanbul - 03/9
Le Clézio: Noble Is As Nobel Does - 02/23
To Kill Or Not - 02/9
Congo Round And Round - 01/26
Money In The Picture: London Art - 01/12
On Stage Chicago - 01/1
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Michael Doliner
The Official Policies - 12/14
The First Time As Tragedy - 11/16
Orwell's Epiphany - 11/2
How Kafka Became So Kafkaesque - 08/24
Iran, The U.S., And Demonstrations - 07/13
My Good Neighbor Policy - 06/1
Guys Tried On For Size - 05/18
Feral Reserve: My Solution To The Financial Crisis - 03/23
The Clever Child - 01/26
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Jeffery Klaehn
Notes From The Edge - 12/14
Our Lips Are Barely Touching - 11/30
Regret - 11/16
We'll See Each Other Again - 11/2
Dimensions Of Power - 10/19
Red, Red Roses - 10/5
Your Beauty Washes Over Me Like Rain - 09/21
All My Life I've Dream(p)t Of You - 09/7
So In Love - 08/24
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Graham Lea
Some Lines In Favour Of A Troupe Of Buffalo Flying Over The White House Singing Pastoral Songs - 12/14
The Redeeming Merit Of The French Toussaint Holiday - 11/16
Le Patrimoine: French Symbolism, and the Triumph of Patriotism over Nationalism - 10/19
French Cheese: A Cultural Metaphor? - 09/21
Le Tour De France -- Part Two: So were the Riders all Heroes? - 08/24
Le Tour De France -- Part One: The Avant-Tour - 07/27
Transhumance And The Estive: A Revival Of Pastoralism - 07/13
FRENCH BREAD: The Baguette Versus Pain de Campagne - 06/15
La Vie d'autrefois - 05/18
Obama Does Europe - 04/20
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Charles Marowitz
Asta Nielsen & Hamlet's Gender-Benders - 12/28
Angry Men - Beligerent Women - 12/14
Shakespeare Refertilized - 11/30
Geddeth Smith's Walter Hampden - 11/30
Private World, Public Words - 11/16
"Comes The Revolution?" - 11/2
Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story - 10/19
Coleridge: Journey Through Heaven And Hell - 10/5
Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, & Co. - 09/21
Smart Or Stupid? - 09/7
"Yes We Can" -- But We Won't! - 08/24
Singin' In The Rain - 08/10
Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno - 07/27
The Dreaded S Word - 07/13
Sonnet For Seniors - 06/29
The Neglected Walter Donaldson - 06/15
Angels & Demons - 06/1
The History Lesson - 05/18
Trivia Triumphant - 05/4
Breaking News - 05/4
Depression Redux - 04/20
Frost/Nixon - 04/6
Probing GBS - 03/23
The Bum's Rush - 03/9
William Saroyan's Where The Bones Go - 03/9
Cyrano Eternal - 02/23
Obama's Gordian Knot - 02/9
Remembering Paul Scofield - 01/26
The Devil's Brigade - 01/12
Harold Pinter: 1930 - 2008 - 01/1
Exclusive Interview With Prince Hamlet - 01/1
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Guido Monte & Friends
Überhaupt schlüßig Polyhedron - 12/28
Levi 1943 In Front Of Our 2009 - 12/14
Dream (Fragment) - 11/16
Bough And Leaves - 11/2
Beginning - 10/19
Unknown - 09/21
Chaos - 09/7
Mystery Of The Universe - 08/24
Haiku n.4 - 08/10
Haiku n.3 - 07/27
Haiku n.2 - 07/13
Paradox - 06/29
Ultima - 06/15
Selva Oscura - 05/18
Melting Pot (Unending) - 05/4
Today n.2 - 04/20
Linguistic Blending And Multilingual Education: Innovative Ways - 04/6
Poverty - Far - 03/23
War n.4 (The End) - 03/9
War n.3: Bones - 02/23
War n.2 - 02/9
War n.1: Walking On Thin Ice - 01/26
Tempo Invisibile (Invisible Time) - 01/12
Ausländer - 01/1
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Martin Murie
Climate Change - 12/28
2010, The Make-Or-Break Year - 12/14
The Return Of The Dodo - 11/30
What Have We Learned? - 11/2
Health Care Is A Human Right; Warfare Is A Human Wrong - 10/19
Climbing, Work, Activism - 10/5
What To Do? - 09/21
Hei Ram (Oh God!) - 09/7
Opportunity - 08/24
From Quetta With A Computer - 08/10
Letter From Florence - 07/27
Peshawar - 07/13
Murder From Above - 06/29
The Great Chasm - 06/15
Empires Always Die - 06/1
Greenwashing - 05/18
Reaping Bodies And Hatred - 05/4
Optimism - 04/20
Power To The Planet's Peoples! - 04/6
Welcome To The Digital Zephyr - 03/23
Tejon Rancho - 02/23
The Jaguar Scandal - 02/9
The Bell Tolls - 01/26
Top Predators - 01/1
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Raju Peddada
A 2009 Year-End Rant - 12/14
The Monuments Of Civilization: Petra - 11/16
The Monuments Of Civilization: Analysis Of Classics - 11/2
We Are A Fat Country! - 10/5
All Our Rough Rides - 09/7
Is The NFL Losing Its Game? - 08/24
The Conversion To Intolerance - 07/27
Trip To Nowhere - 07/13
The Sputtering Volume: The irreversible fade of pop music - 06/15
The Innate Nature Of War - 06/1
What Does It Mean To Be Sexy? - 05/18
Solace In Their Innocence - 05/4
The Queen Of Kukatpally - 04/20
Take It With A Grin Of Salt - 04/6
With My Father, To Where Eagles Dare - 03/23
Reviewing The Reviewers - 03/9
The Deconstruction Of That Sunday Morning On Madison - 02/23
What Is Luxury? - 02/9
Convalescing Kings - 01/12
Indelible India! - 01/1
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Louis Proyect
The Winter Of Liberal Discontent - 12/14
Jonah Raskin's The Mythology of Imperialism - 11/16
Michael Yates's In and Out of the Working Class - 10/19
Are We In A Post-Racial America? - 06/1
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's When Skateboards Will Be Free - 05/4
A Guide To G. B. Shaw On Home Video - 03/23
Richard Seymour's The Liberal Defence Of Murder - 02/23
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Marie Rennard
French 2009 Vintage - 12/14
He's Gone - 11/30
Liberté de la Presse, la nécessaire piqûre de rappel - 11/30
Transports - 10/19
Adultère - 09/21
Polésie de canard - 09/21
Libéralisme et Solidarité : Quand le système faut - 08/24
Alice - 07/27
To Moreau, Tomorrow... - 07/13
Douce France, doux pays de mon enfance... - 06/29
Crossed Etymologies - 06/15
Ange Gardien - 06/1
How To Build Up A Paradise - 05/18
Le nœud de l'intrigue - 05/4
Vérification - 04/6
No Way To Leave - 03/9
The Day I Die... - 02/9
Stolen Lives - 01/12
Statistically Reckoned Predictions For 2009 - 01/1
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Isidor Saslav
Josef Gingold Turns 100 - 12/28
The Great Meyerbeer-Mendelssohn Mystery - 09/7
Shaw In Chicago Again - 08/10
How I found Shaw - 03/23
Conductors' Guild Convention In New York 2009 - 02/9
The Jewish Role In History Re-evaluated - 01/26
How Many World Premieres Can A Musical Work Receive? - 01/12
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Art Shay
King Of What World? - 12/28
My Atomic Talking Watch - 11/30
My Medicare Diverticulosis Metamorphosis - 11/2
Kookaburra Bird Shit - 09/21
Sick Glourious Basterds - 09/7
Snapshot Of A Strange (Love?) Before His Time - 08/24
On Burrowed Time - 08/10
My Camera Outpaces My Books In Royalties - 05/4
Giftless Amateurs Bug Shaw And Shay - 03/23
The State Of The State Of Elanoys: Waiting For Blago - 03/9
The Real World of Deerfield And The Coming Depression - 02/9
Waiting For Pinter's Funeral - 01/1
Prophecy - 01/1
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Steve Shay
2009 And "Mooving" Ahead - 12/14
Pet Project - 11/30
"Web Design" - 11/2
Old Macho And The Sea - 10/5
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SWANS
Swans: 2010 Predictions - 12/28
Barbey d'Aurevilly: L'échanson - 10/19
Plaidoyer de la comtesse d'Arcira - 09/21
Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon: Discours sur le style - 08/24
Joachim Du Bellay: Heureux qui comme Ulysse... - 07/27
Charles Trenet: Douce France - 06/29
Victor Hugo: la civilisation de la spoliation - 06/1
Guy de Maupassant: La chanson du Rayon de Lune - 06/1
George Sand: A madame Maurice Dupin - 05/4
Karl Marx et Friedrich Engels: Manifeste du Parti Communiste - 05/4
Charles Fourier: Tableau analytique du cocuage - 04/6
André Malraux: Du fond de la nuit - 04/6
Swans: 2009 Predictions - 01/1
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In memoriam
Philip Greenspan (1926-2008)
Richard Macintosh (1933-2005)
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Other Columnists
Marie-Laetitia Gambié: Hypnodiagnostic - 10/19
Marie-Laetitia Gambié: Droit et Laïcité - 07/27
Marie-Laetitia Gambié: La maison du ruisseau - 06/29
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Occasional Contributors
Paul Buhle: Richard Quinney's Field Notes - 01/12
Michael DeLang: The Moses Fallacy - 11/16
Silvia dello Russo: Überhaupt schlüßig Polyhedron - 12/09
Don L. Durivan: A Fundraising Appeal - 11/30
Don L. Durivan: The Pakistan Swat Peace Accord: Its Failure And Implications - 08/10
Michael Eddins: Beautiful Stranger - 08/10
Michael Eddins: Redemption - 07/27
Michael Eddins: Alone - 01/12
Irène Grätz: Liberté d'expression: limites, contraintes et possibilités - 09/21
Joel S. Hirschhorn: Palin IQ Test - 07/13
Joel S. Hirschhorn: Learning From Latvia - 01/26
Patrice Houzeau: Douze brefs lunaires et d'autres lieux - 08/24
Aleksandar Jokic: Michael Walzer's Sense Of Proportionality - 01/26
Jeff Meyerhoff: The Poverty Of Slumdog Millionaire - 01/26
Charles Pearson: Rival Jingoists - 11/2
Charles Pearson: Babies, Arms Fairs, And Voices Of Reason - 08/10
Charles Pearson: Marx With Music, Perhaps? - 02/23
Alison Phipps: Conversazioni: Fortress Europe - 06/1
Garry Potter: New Orleans And Katrina: Past Prediction, Future Dystopia - 10/5
Xavier Robert: Gaïa et ses prophètes - 08/24
Steven Salaita: Cornel West And The Ethics Of Faithful Equivocation - 04/20
Jay Tripathi: Kashmir And AFSPA - 11/30
Jay Tripathi: Soul Dead - 11/2
Walter Trkla: In The Cellist Of Sarajevo Is Fiction A License To Lie? - 11/16
Jim Tull: What We Think Is What We Get - 06/15
Harvey E. Whitney, Jr.: Weakness, Ineptitude, And Folly: Scientistic Sensationalism and Corporatized Clichés of University Game Day Television Ads - 10/19
Harvey E. Whitney, Jr.: Observations Of The Body And American Culture From The Buffet Line - 06/15
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