New Rules – Bill Maher
En México necesitamos más hombres críticos como Maher… New Rule: With the Super Bowl only a week away, Americans must realize what makes NFL football so great: socialism. That’s right, for all the F-15 flyovers and flag waving, football is our most successful sport because the NFL takes money from the rich teams and gives […]
Imposible acabar con wikileaks
By Dave Winer We’re having a Rbooting The News moment here with WikiLeaks. Joe Lieberman calls Amazon to say they should cut them off. Amazon cuts them off, then says the Lieberman call had nothing to do with it. We have no reason to doubt Amazon. It’s consistent with their philosophy of not taking sides in political battles. Still […]
Derek Walcott
De Garcetas blancas Qué elegantes, con picos naranjas, las garcetas blancas, cada una como un aguamanil de airado paso, los gruesos olivos, cedros que consuelan el rugir de un arroyo torrencial en el tiempo de las lluvias; en esa paz, más allá de penas y anhelos, la que acaso un día pueda alcanzar, cuyas palmeras se […]
Carta abierta a los veteranos…
My name is Jason Hurd, a 31-year-old Iraq Veteran from Kingsport, Tenn. I served 10 years as a U.S. Army combat medic from 1997 to 2007. After spending four years on active duty at Fort Lewis, Wash., I joined the Tennessee National Guard and deployed to central Baghdad from 2004 to 2005. I went to […]
Aldous Huxley, el arte de la ficción…
Interviewed by Raymond Fraser, George Wickes Among serious novelists, Aldous Huxley is surely the wittiest and most irreverent. Ever since the early twenties, his name has been a byword for a particular kind of social satire; in fact, he has immortalized in satire a whole period and a way of life. In addition to his […]