Criticism-in-finity!
Posted in Reviews on Jun 22nd, 2011
The tornado man of my dreams. His suspenders like the boundaries of decency, a line beyond which chaos cannot cross. His shirt blank paper, a lightning flash, bright behind the diagonals of his tie. Impeccable, this man. He speaks without pause, standing next to his computer, the Doppler radar image wide and red on the [...]
Posted in Reviews on Jun 15th, 2011
Has it always been this low-quality pap? Yes, in fact. The term was coined in the 1800s by the English as a code to denote the imported cheese’s inferior quality. Other epithets were: “yellow cheese,” “factory cheese,” “Yankee cheese,” and “rattrap cheese.” But, as Wikipedia states, “Still, it was cheap, so it sold.” It was [...]
Posted in Reviews on Jun 9th, 2011
I didn’t learn the word “domination” during a discussion of American slavery or the Roman Empire; it was when the two best basketball players in the neighborhood ended up on the same team. And, as I watched the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals, that same memory jumped into my [...]
Posted in Reviews on Jun 6th, 2011
In the councils of parenthood, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the baby-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist … We should take nothing for granted.* They approach us as we stand, staring at strollers that cost as much [...]
Posted in Reviews on Jun 1st, 2011
As children, or maybe even before, we learn that blood means something is wrong. It means our bodies are diseased, compromised, damaged. Hurt, torn, ulcered. All days are days after death. All days are days after accident, sickness, murder, suicide. In the safety of our beds, we awake on all days, trying not to be [...]