Monthly Archives: July 2004

Reality has been put on hold this week so that everyone can blather on about the Democratic Convention, so I guess it’s a good thing that I’m going on vacation. This means posting will be light to non-existant for the … Continue reading →

Yahoo! News: “‘We are on high, high red alert for the protection of our civil liberties,’ said Claryce Evans, national coordinator for United Peace and Justice.” From inside of a cage surrounded by chainlink fencing and razorwire. Instead of fiddling … Continue reading →

Baghdad – July 24, 2004 Time is flying here. I can’t believe I have already spent almost three months in the Green Zone. Actually, the Green Zone is now officially called the International Zone. Why the name change? Who knows? … Continue reading →

Scout has a fantastic analysis of the 9/11 Commision report up at And Then…: It’s a total love song to the evil that emerges the way a ‘personality’ emerges in a machine. A system of moving parts work together, and … Continue reading →

Lucy has a drinking problem. It should be pointed out that this is a bottle full of water, not bleech or anything like that. For some reaosn though she likes it when you squirt the water in her mouth. It’s … Continue reading →

Archives articles are all over the news this week: the Sandy Berger story, the Archivist of the U.S. story (very well summed up by Keith in a post below), and a piece on the New York Times Op-Ed page this … Continue reading →

Jessa Crispin, everyone’s favroite Bookslut, directs us to a fantastic interview with Allen Moore in Salon, in which he has some choice things to say about Reagan, Thatcherism, and the media. But this little bit really struck me: …My general … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Kevin and I and a group of archives students from the University went to the Senate Hearing for Allen Weinstein, the Bush Administration’s proposed replacement for Archivist of the United States. The thing is, we already have an Archivist, … Continue reading →

Paul Krugman is, as TBogg points out, increasingly becoming every bloggers go-to guy for biting criticism of BushCo. If you think I’m just blowing purple smoke, check out his new op-ed piece, The Arabian Candidate: In the original version of … Continue reading →

Busy day, so no new post. If you’re reading this, you must be halucinating. I’ll have a new short story ready to post soon, so take heart: you may be crazy, but you’re getting new literature out of it.