Absurdity, Allegory and China

Woke up this morning and can’t stop wondering about Dick Cheney in a wheelchair. I watched the whole affair, or at least until after the poem – which limped and did nothing for me. The CNN coverage held up well, though the Facebook aspect was totally lame. Though I knew beforehand that “The Dick” would [...]

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In a recent article in the WSJ, the Bush administration’s chief muffin man and ‘architect’ of the bloody madness, Karl Rove, pitched a possible explanation as to why the Bush White House has been so terribly ineffective. In what can only be described as an act of political taxidermy and stick-in-your-eye propaganda that we’ve come [...]

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“This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!” These were the words that accompanied the second shoe that Muntadar al-Zaidi hurled at POTUS Bush as it sailed harmlessly over the Texan’s head. The first shoe nearly nailed the US commander-in-chief, and while Mr Zaidi didn’t make contact with either, [...]

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I’ve just arrived back in Tianjin from four days in Beijing, and there’s so much to talk about I hardly know where to begin. Photos of the CCTV Headquarters Building seems to be as good as place as any while I collect my thoughts. There’s the bullet train from Tianjin to Beijing (and vice versa, [...]

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George Bush is coming to town. For fun. And Games too. And to speak, as well, on religious rights (or right, as in, “When he fumbles the ball he’s ambidextrous, but in the church softball league he bats right.”), or so it looks from here. A duck, lame or otherwise, in Beijing in August 2008 [...]

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“The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.” –Marion Jones So much for dreams, Olympic or otherwise. Instead of attending the Beijing Olympics as a competitor, Marion Jones is serving six months in [...]

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