“Horton Foote, who chronicled a wistful American odyssey through the 20th century in plays and films mostly set in a small town in Texas and who left a literary legacy as one of the country’s foremost storytellers, died on Wednesday in Hartford. He was 92 and lived in Pacific Palisades, Calif., and Wharton, Tex. “Mr. [...]
Archive for March 4th, 2009
R.I.P. – Horton Foote (1916-2009)
Posted in Cinema, Literature, Obituaries, Plays & Playwrights, Writers & Writing on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is the Two-State Solution Viable after Gaza?
Posted in Current Events, International Affairs, Jewish Life, Middle East, Religion on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dissent editor Michael Walzer considers the options for Israeli-Palestinian relations in the aftermath of the recent Gaza war: “No one can say with any certainty that the two-state solution was viable before the war in Gaza. I can imagine arguments that the war made it more viable and also that it made it less viable. [...]
Never Mind!: Disowning (But Just in Theory) Unlimited Presidential Powers
Posted in American History, Bush, Cheney, Crimes & Misdemeanors, Current Events, Politics on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Balkinization, Jack Balkin on “The End of the Yoo Doctrine”: “The Office of Legal Counsel has just released a series of previously secret opinions from the Bush Administration. Perhaps equally important, it has issued two remarkable opinions, one from October 6th, 2008 and one from January 15th, 2009 which essentially disown the extreme theories of Presidential power offered during the crucial [...]
You Are Who You Eat?: Obama Sushi & Russian Writers Cookies
Posted in Food & Wine, Obama, Writers & Writing on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Obama Sushi Russian Writers Cookies: Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol
“Meet The Beatles!”: British University Offers Beatles Graduate Degree
Posted in Counter Culture, Europe, Popular Culture, Popular Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Writers & Writing on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“A university in Liverpool has launched a Master of Arts degree in The Beatles, the city’s most famous sons, and called the qualification the first of its kind. “Liverpool Hope University says on its website that the course entitled ‘The Beatles, Popular Music and Society’ consists of four 12-week taught modules and a dissertation.” (via Reuters) [...]
