Sacred Disorder | Cliff Bostock's blog – 'Finally, I came to regard as sacred the disorder of my mind' (Rimbaud)
Joan Baez, the original peacenik
One of the icons of the civil rights movement and the protest against the Vietnam War was Joan Baez. When I was in my early teens, I listened to her records and strummed along with my guitar, prompting my Republican parents to go nuts. I saw her in concert a few times and interviewed her […]
1968 all over again?
UPDATE BELOW As soon as the Iraq invasion occurred, those of us who were around to protest the Vietnam War felt like we were reliving history. We were quickly derided as unpatriotic (just as we were back then) for suggesting that America was about to rush into a quagmire it could not win. Meanwhile, our […]
It begins
This seriously looks like parody from the early days of Saturday Night Live to me. But it’s not. It’s Fox News showing off the stupidity of its reporters. more about “It begins“, posted with vodpod
More on psychologists and torture
Saturday’s New York Times published a follow-up story on the controversy over psychologists’ participation in “enhanced interrogations,” which I wrote about recently. The American Psychological Association, which is holding its annual conference in Boston this week has been debating whether to designate participation in such interrogations as a violation of its code of ethics. It’s […]
A rant about journalism
I’ve been involved with Creative Loafing for over 25 years. I was editor for 7 years back in the ’80s and I’ve written my food column, “Grazing,” for them for more than 20 years. “Headcase” is nearly as old. This week, the paper laid off several of its top writers/editors. I also hear that Atlanta […]