Monthly Archives: October 2002

ends and means

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 October 23 by Anton

The copyright clause of the US Constitution says: “Congress shall have power . . . To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.” … Continue reading →

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no No Outlet

Posted on Monday, 2002 October 21 by Anton

Alas, Adam Greengard has wearied of writing/drawing No Outlet, the thinking dog’s comic strip. I’ll eagerly await his next project until, y’know, it slips my mind. (As one of his characters might say.)

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what right?

Posted on Monday, 2002 October 21 by Anton

Now and again one hears the phrase “Israel’s right to exist”. But I can’t recall ever encountering a statement of either the substance or the grounds for such a ‘right’. Are there states that exist without right (other than all … Continue reading →

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today in Poetry Corner

Posted on Monday, 2002 October 21 by Anton

“To his Koi Mistress” by Troy McClure. Okay, not really, because there’s no way I could do justice to the premise.

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bring on the obscene teddy-bears

Posted on Monday, 2002 October 21 by Anton

PVP takes on the tough issues

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bedfellows

Posted on Monday, 2002 October 21 by Anton

Andrew Bulhak observes: (The identity of heroes/villains in films can be telling; for example, there’s Four Feathers, which glorifies the British Empire (which can be seen as a rather prestigious model to proponents of a a global American empire) and … Continue reading →

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a use for the stuff

Posted on Sunday, 2002 October 20 by Anton

George Byrd, who has contributed to this space before, comments on the urine item below: I recall reading somewhere that during the last years of the Civil War, some southern cities instituted regular collection of urine from chamber pots, from … Continue reading →

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