Monthly Archives: April 2011

Geneive Abdo and Arash Aramesh It is nearly impossible to determine the degree of stability within the opaque world of Iranian politics, but a number of incidents have come to light recently that reveal deepening fissures within the regime. On … Continue reading →

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/opinion/26brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion Here is David Brooks and his latest political column ‘The Big Disconnect’: the pleasures of the great overarching metaphor. Some have dubbed him Cockeyed Platonist for his love of forms and ideas rather than commenting on the world as … Continue reading →

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Vol. 11 No. 6 · 16 March 1989

Below I have quoted an excerpt from Professor Gary Gutting’s book Thinking the Impossible. His very useful analysis has opened the way for me to achieve a greater understanding of Derrida’s work; which  seemed repetitive and pointless, a highly rationalized … Continue reading →

You recall when Pretty Boy Critic (PBC) used to everywhere. I know you do, you’re just pretending to be twenty years younger than you are. Your plastic surgeon and your hairdresser both conspire to hide those two decades, but you’re … Continue reading →