Stem Cell, Superman, and Hope
In the wake of Christopher Reeve’s untimely death, Ronald Reagan’s daughter has found some agonizing things to say about the Bush Administration’s politically deplorable lock on life-saving stem cell research. Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father’s funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where [...]
In the Shadow of No Towers
Art Spiegelman probably knows "comix" better than any living person on earth. Having been the only creator in the genre to win a Pulitzer Prize (that I’m aware of, anyway), he’s also the best qualified to push the medium into achieving something well beyond its perceived boundaries. That lowered expectation often allows him to do [...]
Cutting the Cult of Personality
John Barlowe, a self-described Libertarian, Macintosh user, and former lyricist for the Grateful Dead has taken into account both presidential personalities, and decided to support John Kerry anyway. Right here, right now, somewhere over the Atlantic, I’m having a moment of clarity. I realize the obvious. I realize that, along with a lot of other [...]
A Pragmatic Observation
Because I’m still sick, and because I really respect this guy’s blog, I’ll defer my analysis of last night’s debate by stealing an entire entry from The Pragmatist. The Skeptic destroyed the Believer tonight. In what I think will be proven in the coming days — Senator John Kerry offered a solid and clear and [...]
