Tag Archives: David Weigel

austerity mazurka

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Dave

About an enthusiastic an election as a nosebleed. It looked originally like a slam-dunk for Team Obama and later, something of a hold you nose and vote for the chief coz’ the other dude stinks more; now the bets are … Continue reading →

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the ceiling is leaking

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Dave

There used to be an old joke in Europe that America had Bob Hope, Percy Faith and Johnny Cash, and Country X had no faith, no hope and no cash. Well things have changed a bit… This sorry media-hyped drama … Continue reading →

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ayn rand : conservatism as theme park

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dave

Atlas Shrugged. The Ayn Rand cult of individualism. The Fountainhead of sorrow? Can something as American as individualism be questioned? Actual events in the past few years seems to have mirrored the nightmare vision of economic collapse amid an unrelenting … Continue reading →

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THE WEIMAR “LAST TRANCE” CABARET: Escaping to Feed Your Head

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Dave

For Walter Benjamin, this was the real significance of the First World War, “an attempt at a new and unprecedented commingling with the cosmic powers.” He worried that mankind’s alienation from itself was deepening “to such a degree that it … Continue reading →

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