‘Hannah and Martin’ indeed – what next?! Dave and Mannie and Fritz?… Read the rest
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Girly Jesus Out, Sadist Killer Jesus In
Apr 4th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The guy can boil your blood just by talking. Repent!… Read the rest
The Grand Old Pledge
Apr 4th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How can a nation pursue ‘justice for all’ but exclude nontheists and polytheists?… Read the rest
The Contract of Mutual Indifference
Apr 4th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why did the rest of the world not stop the Rwanda genocide?… Read the rest
The Tortoise and the Hare
Apr 4th, 2004 12:16 am | By Ophelia BensonNot too bad, thanks. The agony is somewhat abated, as Macaulay said. (Was it Macaulay? I think so. At the age of two, or a week, or something, when a kind evangelical woman spilled some coffee on him.) I’m tottering around, pale and trembling, but recovering. A little weak, a tad mentally unstable, but on the mend. Kind of you to ask. The flowers are lovely. I don’t suppose you brought any chocolates – ? No no, of course not, silly question.
I wrote the Comment yesterday in such a way that it sounds as if I think I wrote the dictionary all by myself. I noticed that after I’d done it, but having done it, didn’t want to correct … Read the rest
A Mind as Speedy as an Eider Duck
Apr 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
B.R. Myers says Jeffrey Masson’s amateurish style is persuasive, sort of.… Read the rest
Revisiting de Tocqueville
Apr 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Religious insanity is very common in the United States. We should not be surprised at this.’… Read the rest
The Guardian’s Rwanda Page
Apr 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Links to many aspects of Rwanda and the genocide.… Read the rest
Carl Zimmer on Misunderstanding Science
Apr 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s about uncertainty, not certainty.… Read the rest
My Baby Done Gone
Apr 3rd, 2004 3:42 am | By Ophelia BensonOh, man, I have the most terrible case of post-partum depression. Or perhaps that’s not the right word, perhaps I mean empty-nest syndrome. Or separation anxiety. One of those, anyway, or possibly all of them. The book is gone! It’s finished! It’s over! It’s history. It’s on its way out into the world, to sink or swim, to make it on its own or to crash in flames, to become something or to flop down on the nearest bench and vegetate for the rest of its pathetic aimless life.
I wasn’t ready. I had plans. I was going to teach it to make toffee, and drive a car, and read Braille. I was going to teach it principles, and wash … Read the rest
Rwanda
Apr 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
As the tenth anniversary approaches, Frontline takes a look.… Read the rest
Menand on McCarthy and Related Matters
Apr 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The difference between journalists and academics; narrow elections and how little they mean.… Read the rest
Heaps of All-round Stupidity
Apr 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
John Quiggin has a harsh word or two for postmodernist nonsense about advertising.… Read the rest
Michael Foot’s 1000 Volumes of Hazlitt
Apr 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Will go to the Wordsworth Trust when he conks out. Not soon, let’s hope.… Read the rest
Ektopos Has its First Birthday
Apr 1st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Excellent philosophy site reaches a milestone.… Read the rest
Terry Eagleton on Edward Said
Apr 1st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘He is more interested in emancipating the dispossessed than in bending genders or floating signifiers.’… Read the rest
The Fun of Working for the Bush Administration
Apr 1st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Leon Kass told Elizabeth Blackburn ethics panel would consider diverse views. But no.… Read the rest
A Few Treats
Apr 1st, 2004 5:49 am | By Ophelia BensonAs you may have surmised, I’ve been busy. Very busy. Working flat-out on this dictionary. It’s nearly done now, and then I’ll have more time to write long windy inconsequential N&Cs again.
But one good thing about this dictionary caper is that I find a lot of stark staring nonsense while googling for just that purpose. We’re going to have a Nonsense File in a few months, when my colleague has a spare moment to program one. For now I’ll just present you with some links here.
This one for example is a really good (good in a special sense) bit of Lacanian literary criticism. I don’t see how you can fail to enjoy it. I’ll just give you a … Read the rest
Astronomer on Importance of the Hubble
Mar 31st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The telescope is needed for ultraviolet astronomy.… Read the rest
Honour Killings Averted
Mar 31st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pair from enemy tribes in Pakistan marry under police protection.… Read the rest