MEMBER BLOG TAG: crime
| Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:33PM | | | | Resurrecting Reagan | Tags: Reagan, Bush, terrorism, crime, racism, hunger, national security
| | | | Poster boy of those who preach “family values” is Ronald Reagan who abandoned his family to marry a pregnant mistress.
“Pro-selected life” citizens revere Reagan although as governor of California, Reagan signed the nation’s most liberal abortion law. As president he appointed three justices, only one of whom foreswore his oath of office in order to defend church dogma.
Fiscal conservatives extoll Reagan who promised to cut taxes and live on borrowed money. Let someone else pay. He increased the national debt more than anyone until George W. Bush.
Social Darwinists applaud Reagan for making government the problem for the poor and the solution for the greedy.
Veterans of the class war adore Reagan for union-busting, trying to cut federal funding for school lunches for poor children, and... | | | | | | | Sunday, May 4, 2008 9:58PM | | | | The Secret Lives of Cities Revealed | Tags: cities, femicide, censorship, crime, murder, representation, Riyadh, Guatemala, Minneapolis, El Paz
| | | The Secret Lives of Cities
Thursday, May 1st, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Instituto Cervantes New York
Juan de Recacoechea, Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Francisco Goldman & Joshua Furst. Moderated by Matt Weiland
Riyadh. Minneapolis. La Paz. Guatamala City. As Paris Review editor and panel moderated Matt Wieland rightly pointed out, this is likely the first time on earth that the four aforementioned cities have been yoked together on a panel.
Urban spaces are reflective of the denizens who constitute its population and there's often a sociological symbiosis that takes place between the inhabitants of a city and its culture and climate. Whether consciously or unconsciously we attribute the qualities of a city - its architecture, cuisine, and pace of life - to the personalities... | | | | | |
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