What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind’s ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.
The quote [...]
First light
beginning clear and violent
in the East.
There is no sound.
All I carry
of the cypresses
the dust
is here
and the sunflowers
the smell of corn and horses
where I’m walking.
There are towns here too
and in them
men to pass the time.
I know them.
Over their streetlights
over their shadows and voices
quick winds and
darkness when the sun goes
nowhere any water.
Random before-coffee thoughts:
What James C. Dobson, Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter want is Afghanistan under the Taliban.
What William Kristol, Charles Krauthammer (foreign policy) and Pat Buchanan (domestic policy) want is Germany under Hitler.
What the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the Federal Reserve want is England under the Stuarts.
What [...]
The post I’ve been working on, Post-Industrial Politics, has been unavoidably detained. The crew has developed a touch of scurvy, we lost a topmast somewhere off Greenland, and almost half our casks of bully-beef have gone rotten.
Never fear, we’ll eventually reach port — Lord willing, etc. In the meantime, have a look at this:
The Triple Revolution
In [...]
To all of you delightfully available young ladies of Kiev, and your clever Internet pimps:
If you’re willing to meet my price, I’ll be happy to set up a little sidebar where you can display your irresistible charms without the slightest hindrance, a kind of Dogtown Reeperbahn all your own.
Otherwise, please note that this is a [...]
It felt very strange, reading President Obama’s speech just two days after finishing my last post. Very strange, and — I don’t know how to put this without sounding like a sycophant — very inspiring.
What he said desperately needed saying, and I have no doubt now that he means it. How could I, when it [...]
These are difficult times. If you squint a little, you might just be able to make out a grave and solitary figure above us on the battlements, watching the distant consequences of his folly approach.
President Bush? Many of us would like to think so, but that would be far too convenient. Even Democrats have to [...]
Someone should remind Bill O’Reilly, and all the rest of those whose notions of Christian righteousness are stained with blood today, of this:
And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which [...]