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51. 10: FALLEN ORDER, by Karen Leibreich, 2004 [BR] 8.25.2008 51: 9: Olympian Musings 8.14.2008 51. 8: Synch or Swim, An Olympic Dream 8.4.2008 51. 7: How Republicans Ruined the American Dream, Part 1 7.26.2008 51. 6: Fourth-Grade Terrorist 7.22.2008 51. 5: How Bin Laden Won the War on Terrorism 7.17.2007 51: 4: Mutually-Assured Holy Place Destruction 7.14.2008 51. 3: The Road Not Open 7.11.2008 51. 2 THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, by Moshin Hamid (2007) BR 7.6.2008 51. 1: Crude Expectations 7.4.2008 50. 10: Cities of the Book 6.30.2008 50. 9: Hey, Stupid, the Joke is on You! 6.25.2008 50. 8: What About Todd? 6.15.2008 50. 7: Confronting Brutocracy 6.10.2008 50. 6: The Gods of Efficiency 6.8.2008 50. 5: WILL THE BOAT SINK THE WATER?, by Chen Guidi & Wu Chuntao (2006) BR 5.31.2008 50. 4: O Israel! O Israel! 5.26.2008 50. 3: It's Mr. Stupid's Economy 5.21.2008 50. 2: Shut Up And Sit Down! 5.17.2008 50. 1: Dirty, Rotten, Human Bastards! 5.13.2008 49. 6: That Angel Could Fly! 4.30.2008 48: 7: Devil's Island(s) 2.28.2008 48. 6: Bitch! A Travel Narrative 2.23.2008 48. 5: Where's Bob? 2.21.2008 48. 4: Whither Republicans? 1.27.2008 48. 3: Three for Empire [Book Reviews] 1.17.2008 48. 2: On Cursing 1.9.2008 48. 1: Screw Iowa! Screw New Hampshire! 1.4.2008 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER
2007
OCTOBER
2007 45. 7: Bushadimejad 9.27.2007 45. 6: Hell Hath No Fury . . . . [Film Review] 9.21.2007 45. 5: Lambs and First-Born Sons 9.18.2007 45. 4: Hooah! Reflections on the Surge and 9-11 9.13.2007 45. 3: In the Moment 9.10.2007 45. 2: THE END OF FAITH, by Sam Harris (2005) BR 9.6.2007 45. 1: Operation Hate Their Freedom 9.3.2007 44. 7: Thinking About the Muzzies 8.30.2007 44. 6: TERRORIST, by John Updike, 2006, BR 8.23.2007 44. 5: Life Explicable: A Piano Falls on Jim's Head 8.18.2007 44. 4: Friendship and Politics 8.15.2007 44. 3: Kim Chee Evangelists 8.11.2007 44. 2: Sex in the Oval Office 8.7.2007 44. 1: Juice 'em Up 8.3.2007 43. 7: Hey! I Just Realized Something! 7.30.2007 43. 6: The Case for Government 7.26.2007 43. 5: FOREIGN DEVILS, by May Holdsworth [BR] 7.22.2007 43. 4: The Lost War 7.18.2007 43. 3: Mr. Gerson's Credo 7.13.2007 43. 2: The Pig in the Parlor 10.7.2007 43. 1: Patriotic Disconnect 7.4.2007 42. 7: The Imperial Boomerang (6.30.2007) 42. 6: Guys (Sort of) Strike Back (Culture Wars III) 6.27.2007 42. 5: The Eight-Hundred Pound Panda 6.22.2007 42. 4: Whack-a-Molenomics (101.9) 6.15.2007 42. 3: No Doo-Doo in the Sock Drawer; Thoughts on Urban Planning 6.11.2007 42. 2: PushCart Moguls 6.6.2007 42. 1: True Faiths and the Right of "Nah" 6.2.2007 41. 7: Systems and Traditions 5.28.2007 41. 6: The Culture of Entertainment 5.25.2007 41. 5: The PR War President 5.20.2007 41. 4: The Reaper Pays a Visit (SOS, Part 11) 5.16.2007 41. 3: EMAILS FROM THE EDGE, by Ken Haley 2007, [BR] 5.11.2007 41. 2: City Work 5.7.2007 41. 1: Onward Christian Soldiers 5.3.2007 40. 8: Walls of Mass Delusion 4.25.2007 40. 7: Murder and the Media Circus 4.18.2007 40. 6: A Tale of Two Cities 4.13.2007 40. 5: What Would Jesus the Liberal Do? 4.4.2007 40. 4: Anti-DisMcDonaldsizationism 3.20.2007 40. 3: Bush Completes His Trifecta 3.13.2007 40. 2: “Hello, God? What Looks Good in the 5th?” (SOS, Part X) 3.8.2007 40. 1: The End of Amazement 3.4.2007 FEBRUARY
2007 38.
8: So, How Many Gay Angels Can You Fit on the Head of a Pin? (SOS,
Part 9) 1.31.2007 37. 7: Evangelicus Americanus, SOS, Part 7, 12.31.2006 37. 6: Cut and Run, Republicans, Cut and Run! 12.26.2006 37. 5: Words to Remember Us By 12.20.2006 37. 4: THE COVENANT , by James A. Michener (1980) BR 12.16.2006 37. 3: Death Victory (SOS Part 5) 12.12.2006 37. 2: It's the Oil, Stupid! 12.8.2006 37. 1: Gold, Frankincense and Zu Zu's Petals 12.4.2006 36. 10: Taking it on Faith (SOS, Part 4) 11.30.2006 36. 9: Toward a Proper Expletive 11.28.2006 36. 8: Traveling Americans 11.25.2006 36. 7: People of the Book (SOS, Part 3) 11.21.2006 36. 6: SOS, Saved on Sea, (Part 2) 11.18.2006 26. 5: New Age, Same Old BS (SOS, Part 1) 11.14.2006 36. 4: Enough Already! 11.11.2006 36. 3: On Writing Fiction 10.11.2006 36. 2: BREAKER MORANT, a movie review essay 10.7.2006 36. 1: Hold the Phone 10.3.2006 SEPTEMBER
2006 34. 8: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, 1955 [MR] 8.29.2006 34. 7: Is There Life After Work? 8.22.2006 34. 6: Asian Eyes 8.16.2006 34. 5: Shhhhhhhsh! I've Got a Secret 8.12.2006 34. 4: A Few Bad Apples 8.8.2006 34. 3: DESPERATE VOYAGERS, by M. Tokayer and M. Swartz, 1979 [BR] 8.5.2006 34. 2: Kingdoms of Heaven 7.25.2005 34. 1: Proud to be an American(?) 7.12.2006 33. 8: The Plains of Charithon 6.30.2006 33. 7: GWOT Peace? 6.25.2006 33. 6: It's Greek to Me 6.21.2006 33. 5: The Good German of Nanking 6.17.2006 33. 4: Post-911 Stress Syndrome 6.14.2006 33. 3: THE UNWALLED CITY, by Xu Xi, 2001 (6.11.2006) 33. 2: The Crapture: It's a Revelation! 6.7.2006 33. 1: Three Kongs and Out 6.5.2006 32. 8: Finding Leslie Hopgood 5.31.2006 32. 7: The Wages of Sin 5.27.2006 32. 6: Fascism Creep 5.24.2006 32. 5: Mount'n Men [Movie Review] 5.19.2006 32. 4: The de Fichey Code 5.14.2006 32. 3: ANNA MAY WONG , by Graham Russell Gao Hodges [BR] 5.11.2006 32. 2: Hu's on First 5.6.2006 32. 1: Mrs. Jacobs' Neighborhood 5.2.2006 31. 8: L'America 4.30.2006 31. 7: Killing Moussaoui 4.26.2006 31. 6: DEAD END (1937), Dir., Wm. Wyler [MR] 4.22.2006 31. 5: The Taste of Travel, Part 2, 4.18.2006 31. 4: Casualties of War 4.13.2006 31. 3: Breasts: A Traveler's Appreciation 4.8.2006 31. 2: THE MEMORY PALACE OF MATTEO RICCI , by Jonathan D. Spence, 1984 [BR] 4.4.2006 31. 1: Planning for Democracy 4.1.2006 30. 8: Plus Ca Change . . . 3.28.2006 30. 7: It's Not So Easy Being Mean 3.24.2006 30. 6: Xavier's Toe, A Quasi-Spiritual Pilgrimage 3.20.2006 30. 5: A Golden Opportunity . . . Lost 3.16.2006 30. 4: DARKLING I LISTEN, by John Evangelist Walsh, a Book Review 3.12.2006 30. 3: What Would a CEO Named Jesus Do? 3.8.2006 30. 2: Brokeback Icon 3.4.2006 30. 1: The Margin of Stupidity 3.1.2006 29. 8: A Beemer by Any Name 2.23.2006 29. 7: We're Soooo Soooorry 2.20.2006 29. 6: Who's No. 1, Baby!? 2.17.2006 29. 5: The America That Might Have Been 2.14.2006 29. 4: SUMMERTIME (1955), Dir. David Lean [MR] 2.11.2006 29. 3: How Oprah Made Me Rich 2.8.2006 29. 2: The Greatest Show on Earth 2.5.2006 29. 1: Queer Studies and Quirky Thinking 2.2.2006 JANUARY
2006 27. 6: The Ministry of Snoop 12.29.2005 27. 5: THE DEMON IN THE FREEZER, by Richard Preston [BR] 12.23.2005 27. 4: Swarthy Guy in a Polychrome World 12.19.2005 27. 3: The End of American Exceptionalism 12.14.2005 27. 2: THE SPICE GARDEN, by Michael Vatikiotis [BR] 12.8.2005 27. 1: What Goes Around . . . 12.4.2005 26. 8: Culture Wars I 11.30.2005 26: 7: The Inquisitor's Dilemma 11.26.2005 26. 6: Panem et Circenses, America's Finest(?) City, Part 1 11.10.2005 26. 5: The Kansas City School Board Newsletter 11.16.2005 26. 4: Thoughts on Veterans Day 11.12.2005 26. 3: PARIS IN THE FIFTIES, by Stanley Karnow [BR] 11.10.2005 26. 2: A Line in the Sand 11.6.2005 26. 1: The Multi-Tasking Mind 11.1.2005
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25. 8: Get Outta Town! 10.29.2005 25. 7: Rotten toi the Corps 10.26.2005 25. 6: A Matter of Habitude 10.21.2005 25. 5: The Planners are Coming, The Planners Are Coming!!10.17.2005 25. 4: The Winds of Memory: A Travel Memoir 10.14.2005 25. 3: ENGLISH PASSENGERS, by Matthew Kneale (2000) [BR] 10.9.2005 25. 2: “Let him cast the first stone. . . ,” (Metaphysical Musings No. 4) 10.6.2005 25. 1: The Fragging of "The Good Soldier" 10.1.2005 24. 8: Voyages to Nowhere 9.26.2008 24. 7: Corporate U 9.21.2005 24. 6: The Blancocruxians 9.16.2005 24. 5: Da Supremes 9.13.2005 24. 4: 'Nawlins,' A Streetcar Named Deluge 9.10.2005 24. 3: DINNER WITH PERSEPHONE, by Patricia Storace [BR] 9.7.2005 24. 2: The American Ad-Hoc-racy 9.4.2005 24. 1: The Big Dis-Easy 9.1.2005 23. 9: Mr. Poopy Suit Comes to Town 8.30.2005 23. 8: Death Grip 8.26.2005 23. 7: The Call of the Sea [BR] 8.22.2005 23. 6: No Laughing Batter 8.16.2005 23. 5: Ex Libris 8.16.2005 23. 4: Grand Theft Country: IRAQ, The Video War 8.12.2005 23. 3: When the Saints Go Marchin' In 8.8.2005 23. 2 Sticks and Stones 8.6.2005 23. 1: FINDING ORWELL IN BURMA , by Emma Larkin (2005) [BR] 22. 8: The Culture of Inadequacy 7.30.2005 22. 7: IS ANYBODY THERE?: Metaphysical Musings No. 3 22. 6: MADRAS ON RAINY DAYS, by Samina Ali, [BR] 7.20.2005 22. 5: Treason in the Offal Office 7.16.2005 22. 4: STAR WARS OF THE WORLDS: The Revenge of the Metaphors 7.13.2005 22. 3: THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS, by Simon Mawer [BR] 7.8.2005 22. 2: Oh, say can you pass . . . 7.4.2005 22. 1: The Law of the Land 7.1.2005 21. 8: You've Got Mail! 6.29.2005 21: 7: Capitalist Roaders 6.25.2005 21. 6: BANGKOK 8, by John Burdett [BR] 6.19.2005 21: 5: Travels in Germ-Mania 6.16.2005 21. 4: Metaphysical Musings, No. 2 6.10.2005 21. 3: FLASHBACKS, by Morley Safer [BR] 6.6.2005 21. 2: The Political Blunder that Dare Not Speak Its Name 6.4.2005 21. 1: Stem Cells and Witch-Doctors 6.1.2005 20. 8: Lying Snippets: A Series of Unfortunate Accidental Mishandlings 5.28.2005 20. 7: Metaphysical Musings No. 1 5.25.20-05 20. 6: O Sodom, O Gomorrah, a review of SIN CITY 5.20.2005 20. 5: The Trojan Monkey 5.17.2005 20. 4: "Friendly Fire” 5.15.2005 20. 3: Down into Upper Egypt (Part 2) Americans Abroad No. 8 5.13.2005 20. 2: Down into Upper Egypt (Part 1) Americans Abroad No. 7 5.11.2005 20. 1: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, by T.E. Carhart [BR] 5.2.2005 19. 8: The Ratzman Cometh 4.28.2005 19. 7: The RAPE OF NANKING, and the Death of Iris Chang [BR] 4.22.2005 19. 6: The Potemkin President 4.19.2005 19. 5: Sweet Waters in the Promised Land, Part 2 4.13.2005 19. 4: Sweet Waters in the Promised Land, Part 1 4.10.2005 19. 3: RIP Pope John Paul Ringo George II 4.06.2005 19. 2: CHINA HANDS, by Peter Rand [BR] 4.04.2005 19. 1: An Army of One and A Few Good Men . . . 4.02.2005 18. 9: Who's Right, Whose Rights? 3.29.2005 18. 8: Deconstructing Judas 3.25.2005 18. 7: Touring the Kielbasas 3.23.2005 18. 6: LOST OVER LAOS, by Richard Pyle and Horst Faas[BR] 3.21.2005 18. 5: Ledger de Main 3.16.2005 18. 4: BRUNELLESCHI'S DOME, by Ross King [BR] 3.14.2005 18. 3: Homeland Security-Egyptian Style (Americans Abroad No. 6) 3.11.2005 18. 2: Thanks for your Support 3.07.2005 18. 1: PLAGUE, by Edward Mariott [BR] 3.03.2005 17. 6: Slouching Towards Fascism 2.28.2005 17. 5: Cig-Regrettes 2.21.2005 17. 4: Boarding Passes 2.17.2005 17. 3: The Playwright and the President 2.12.2005 17. 2: Emporio PRC 2.7.2005 17. 1: The Logic of Preemption 2.1.2005 16. 9: Wählen Macht Frei (möglicherweise) 1.30.2005 16. 8: Libido-At-Large (Americans Abroad No. 5) 1.26.2005 16. 7: The Other Inaugural 1.23.2005 16. 6: Souvenirs 1.20.2005 16. 5: The Salvatore Corollary (Americans Abroad No. 4) 1.16.2005 16. 4 "The Truth?! You Can't Handle the Truth!" 1.14.2005 16. 3: Fellow Travelers (Americans Abroad No.3) 1.11.2005 16. 2: A Torquemada General 1.05.2005 16. 1: The Kindness of Strangers 1.04.2004 15. 9: Why Steve Lumb Loves the Euro (Americans Abroad No. 2) 12.31.2007 15. 8: A Sin-Biotic Relationship 12.27.2004 15. 7: Ain't She Sweet (Americans Abroad No. 1) 12.22.2004 15. 6: The Sword of Damocles 12.19.2004 15. 5: God sat in the Heavens, wondering Who made Him 12.15.2004 15. 4: The Passion of the Mel 12.13.2004 15.
3: Heartland and Homeland
12.11.2004 15. 1: Us and Them 12.02.2004 14.10: Magazines and Megabucks 11.29.2004 14.9: Early and Often 11.26.2004 14.8: Click Culture 11.20.2004 14.7 Visceral Realities 11.18.2004 14.6 Bella Nonna, Bella Ragazza 11.15.2004 14.5 Holy Hypocrites! 11.11.2004 14.4 The Cretin Colaition 11.08.2004 14.3: Azure Like It 11.06.2004 14.2: Reveille for Bigots 11.04.2004 14.1: Mystery Solved 11.02.2004
13.10: Amerigeddon 10.28.2004 13.9: What's Happened to Small Town America? 10.26.2004 13.8: Foreign Affairs, Part 4 10.20.2004 13.7: Foreign Affairs, Part 3 10.18.2004 13.6: Foreign Affairs, Part 2 10.15.2004 13.5: Foreign Affairs, Part 1 10.14.2004 13.4: The Goebbelsization of American Media 10.11.2004 13.3: The End of Heroism 10.10.2004 13.2: Going Native (Communing with Nature, Part 4) 10.08.2004 13.1: Communing With Nature, Part 3 10.06.2004 12.8: Who Wants an Iraqi Democracy Anyway 9.26.2004 12.7: Extreme Communing With Nature 9.23.2004 12.6: Brer Boosh and the Tar Baby 9.18.2004 12.5: It's A Jungle Out There 9.15.2004 12.4: It's Not the G.O.P Anymore; It's the C.R.R.A.P. 9.12.2004 12.3: On the River of Nine Dragons 9.10.2004 12.2: Doi Moi 9.06.2004 12.1: Catching Up With Uncle Ho 9.04.2004 11. 8: G.W.Bush Military Medals Found 8.25.2004 11.7: A Feeling of A.N.G.S.T 8.22.2004 11.6: Synch or Swim 8.15.2004 11.5: Going Ape for Blondes 8.13.2004 11.4: Movietone Memories 8.9.2004 11.3: Three Hills in Nagasaki 8.7.2004 11.2: Welcome to Bugsyland 8.4.2004 11.1: The Ugly Americans 8.2.2004 10.5: 1984+20, Willing Mass Delusion 7.31.2004 10.4: Rest In Peace (a while) 7.17.2004 10.3: Gazing into the Middle Distance Part II 7.16.2004 10.2: The Theopaths 7.15.2004 10.1: Matters of Perspective 7.3.2004
9.7: A Custer Born Every Minute 6.26.2004 9.6: That
Pesky "D" Word
6.25.2004 9.4: Dad and Deng 6.20.2004 9.3. The Rise of the Health Bigots 6.18.2004 9.2: No More Mr. Nice Guy 6.12.2004 9.1: Metamorphosis is Mesopotamia 6.6.2004 8.9: A 'Hearty English Breakfast' 5.29.2004 8.8: 9-11, The Perfect Storm 5.26.2004 8.7: It's A Grand Olde Flag 5.20.2004 8.6: The City Adorned 5.18.2004 8.5: Postcards and The New Modem Of Communication 5.12.2004 8.4: Night of the Pyramids, Part III 5.11.2004 8.3: Is this a great country. . . or what? Part III 5.9.2004 8.2: Out of Iraq 5.4.2004 8.1: Night of the Pyramids, Part II, 5.2.2004 7.5: Night of the Pyramids, Part I 4.29.2004 7.4: Life "As We Know It" 4.24.2004 7.3: War and Rapture 4.18.2004 7.2: "If You Knew Suzie . . ." 4.13.2004 7.1: Hippity-hoppity, Easter's on its way 4.08.2004 6.8: The Talking Statues of Rome 3.30.2004 6.7: Copaganda: The Unsettling Rise of Police Cordiality 3.27.2004 6.6: Welcome to the People's Republic of Halliburton 3.26.2004 6.5: Is this a Great Country, or What? Part II 3.13.2004 6.4: The Silly Man of Bari: A Travel Memory 3.12.2004 6.3: The Passion of the Boosh 3.06.2004 6.2: Whither the Urban Erogenous Zone? 3.05.2004 6.1: Never on Sunday, or Monday, or. . . 3.01.2004 5.15: The Rules of Travel, (Rule No. 1) 2.28.2004 5:14: The Economics of Out-Saucing 2.23.2004 5.13: Streets of Revolution (City Streets, Part IV) 2.22.2004 5.12: Is This a Great Country, or What? Part I 2.19.2004 5.11: The Shangri-La Option 2.17.2004 5.10: The Party of Selective Memory 2.15.2004 5.9: Scribo, Ergo Amo : A Valentine's Day's Musings 2.13.2004 5.8: The Fashion of Christ 2.12.2004 5.7: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors(?) 2.11.2004 5.6: Boosh's Brain: Part II 2.10.2004 5.5: Boosh's Brain: Part I 2.09.2004 5.4: Odessa: in Reel Time 2.06.2004 5.3: Super Bowl XXXVIII – XXIV – XXXVI 2.05.2004 5.2: Put Down That Scalpel! 2.04.2004 5.1: Road [Out]Rage (City Streets, Part III) 2.01.2004 4.12: A Parisian Terpsichore (City Streets, Part II) 1.24.2004 4.11: Boosh in Space 1.17.2004 4.10: American Genesis 1.17.2004 4.9: What's In a Name (City Streets, Part I) 1.16.2004 4.8: Let's Eat Chinese (Part II) 1.14.2004 4.7: . . . And They Shall Be Led . . . 1.12.2004 4.6: Back in the USA (Immigration, Part II) 1.11.2004 4.5: Come One, Come All (Immigration, Part I) 1.10.2004 4.4: Let's Eat Chinese (Part I) 1.08.2004 4.3: The Home of the Gods 1.07.2004 4.2: Faith and Light 1.06.2004 4.1: Happy New Year (I Think) 1.01.2004 3.10: Fields of Screams 12.31.2003 3.9: The Flim-Flam Redemption 12.25.2003 3.8: 'Twas the Night Before . . . 12.20.2003 3.7: Climate and Politics 12.17.2003 3.6: Eating Our Kurds and Whey 12.14.2003 3.5: Berber Feast 12.11.2003 3.4: Everything in Its Place 12.07.2003 3.3: The Steal Industry 12.06.2003 3.2: Take My City . . . Please! 12.05.2003 3.1: Mr. Photo-Op 12.02.2003 2.7: Are You Terrorized Yet? 11.25.2003 2.6: Liver and Onions: A Conspiracy 11.23.2003 2.5: The French Connection 11.21.2003 2.4: A Modest Proposal 11.20.2003 2.3: Heil the Conquering Hero 11.18.2003 2.2: The 11th Commandment 11.12.2003 2.1: A Devilish Month 11.08.2003 1.3: Gray Daze 10.27.2003 1.2: Shades of Baghdad 10.26.2003 1.1: Jim's New Website 10.20.2003 |