Why do Americans refuse to believe crime has been going down for a decade? Why are so many of them foot fetishists? And was Rene “I think, therefore I am” Descartes really murdered with a poisoned communion wafer? Answers to these questions and more on today’s list.
On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies.
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The film fantasy of writers’ lives
Literary biopics cater not to the boring truth, but to the illusion that writers are drunk, mad, sex-obsessed geniuses.
Why gay jocks don’t come out
I asked a friend of mine, who is gay and who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and who is a member of the National Guard, why he thought there were so few out athletes in Vancouver. His reply was so interesting and articulate I asked him if I could post it here.
‘Chaos as an Everyday Thing’
You know you’re living in a chaotic situation when (1) the mainstream media are constantly surprised by what is happening; (2) short-term predictions by various pundits go in radically different directions and are stated with many reserves; (3) the Establishment dares to say things or use words that were previously taboo; (4) ordinary people are frightened and angry but very unsure what to do. This is a good description of the past two years throughout the world, or at least in most parts of the world.
New Journals, Free Online, Let Scholars Speak Out
He seems genial, but John Willinsky is a dangerous man. As a leader in the development and spread of “open access” scholarly journals, which are published online and offered free, the Stanford University education professor is not just helping to transform academic publishing. He is also equipping scholars around the world with a tool to foment revolution.
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All this and still not one word about the Mossad hit in Dubai on a Palestinian leader, where the Israeli assassins brazenly fronted up to the security cameras with their Irish, British and European stolen passports. There’s going to be an investigation into how Mossad got the passports but everyone knows Mossad steals passports all the time because it makes it easier for them to get into Arab countries, like Dubai for example. The Mossad agents pulled over by the NYPD and the FBI on 9/11 had multiple passports in their possession and the people who ‘hijacked’ the planes also had false passports. I think this story is much more important than why gay jocks don’t come out or some right wing bunch of revisionist historians smearing the Kennedys (as if they ever stopped) but it appears Truthdig is just going to ignore it.
Literary biopics cater not to the boring truth, but to the illusion that writers are drunk, mad, sex-obsessed geniuses”
Wow…. such an intriquing intro. That’s one for you Larry. While I haven’t as yet read the article (its late here and I need some shut-eye) just the same who isn’t curious by this catch-all, especially us commenters, I mean we “write”, right?
You gotta love it, in fact I’m incredibly moved…. “drunk, mad, sex-obsessed geniuses”.....wow, I can’t even IMAGINE the climax of this article…. seriously. Are these writers jet-setters or what? As it is, I’ll have to wait till tommorrow because truthfully…. it’s already tommorrow here.
Hmmmm…. “drunk, mad, sex-obsessed, geniuses”....lol….IF ONLY… and then there’s the rest of us.
Another Memorial Day in This Endless War
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By diamond, February 17, 2010 at 9:08 pm Link to this comment
All this and still not one word about the Mossad hit in Dubai on a Palestinian leader, where the Israeli assassins brazenly fronted up to the security cameras with their Irish, British and European stolen passports. There’s going to be an investigation into how Mossad got the passports but everyone knows Mossad steals passports all the time because it makes it easier for them to get into Arab countries, like Dubai for example. The Mossad agents pulled over by the NYPD and the FBI on 9/11 had multiple passports in their possession and the people who ‘hijacked’ the planes also had false passports. I think this story is much more important than why gay jocks don’t come out or some right wing bunch of revisionist historians smearing the Kennedys (as if they ever stopped) but it appears Truthdig is just going to ignore it.
Report thisBy Outraged, February 17, 2010 at 4:07 am Link to this comment
Quote: “The film fantasy of writers’ lives
Literary biopics cater not to the boring truth, but to the illusion that writers are drunk, mad, sex-obsessed geniuses”
Wow…. such an intriquing intro. That’s one for you Larry. While I haven’t as yet read the article (its late here and I need some shut-eye) just the same who isn’t curious by this catch-all, especially us commenters, I mean we “write”, right?
You gotta love it, in fact I’m incredibly moved…. “drunk, mad, sex-obsessed geniuses”.....wow, I can’t even IMAGINE the climax of this article…. seriously. Are these writers jet-setters or what? As it is, I’ll have to wait till tommorrow because truthfully…. it’s already tommorrow here.
Hmmmm…. “drunk, mad, sex-obsessed, geniuses”....lol….IF ONLY… and then there’s the rest of us.
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