As usual, I welcome this political season with yawns of indifference. I seek out someone who intends to vote in a fashion directly opposing my own, such that our ballots would cancel each other and we can both save ourselves the trouble of having to go to the polls. Amid the rumble of pundits, rhetoric,…
There’s a tendency for public speakers (often lawmakers or other elected officials) to emphasize their point through speaking at a tempered pace and repeating a phrase, so that instead of “The people have said they’re tired of Washington corruption, dependence on foreign oil, and a suffering economy.” We are more likely to hear “The people…
On Thom Yorke’s new album there’s a track called Harrowdown Hill, named after the neighborhood where a government scientist and weapons inspector was found dead in the woods shortly after it was discovered that he was the source for a BBC report accusing Blair’s government of fabricating evidence to justify going to war in Iraq….
Isn’t it wonderful how commercial radio plays the same 50 or so songs everyday? I think the government likes it best because the predictable nature of the playlists keeps the listening audience in a passive, trance-like state. It’s like getting a drug fix. “I need a cigarette or I’ll get agitated.” A girl at the…