Category: Commentary
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Network: When Satire Becomes Reality
I just watched Network, the classic 1976 film. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: our reality today resembles the satire of the…
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Gas Is Too Cheap
Gas prices are too low. Far, far too low. Within decades we will regret ever charging as little as four dollars a gallon for gas.…
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“The Party” exposes China’s mysterious leadership
Americans love conspiracy theories. Even if you know man stepped on the moon and Bush didn’t cause 9/11, there’s something sickly fascinating about speculating that…
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Bush’s “Decision Points” is profoundly surreal
Perhaps others will read it differently, but to me Decision Points reads like the memoir of a trust fund kid who happened to stumble into…
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People Talking Without Speaking: The Ignored Disaster
Sitting in front a computer. That’s what I do lately. It’s what most of us do lately. Learn the conventions of the web. Tweet it.…