Osama bin Laden meet W.H. Auden. His prescient poem "September 1, 1939" has been making the rounds by email, photocopier and website. Let's hope this meme reborn reminds us of the memories of old so that peace may prevail.
Category: Authored by Alex
We have fallen through a hole in the flag,
We are falling through a hole in the flag,
No matter the differences between us
Our hearts beats true; for the red, white and blue
For those wishing to contribute more than prayers for the Tuesday's victims in the US, donate online to the Red Cross
There will be many heros born of the tragedy in the US this week. These are the first.
Uncle Dick may simply have needed more time to raid the cookie jar.
It appears a few angry men just drove some planes through this idea.
In 1999, former US Senators Gary Hart and Graham Rudman, writing in a commissioned report on the US preparedness for terrorism, made these recommendations which the Bush administration recently set aside.
They made the list, but we checked it twice, and digittante doesn't make any of these mistakes
Waiting, waiting, and more waiting is what these people have been doing since 1999. Waiting for our demise, WHICH WILL NOT COME. Let them wait more.
The editor of Oyster Boy Review has a bone to pick, but first he must splinter the one in your head
Depressed, confused, angry, or stuck? Take two steps and call us in the morning because "many things are solved by walking"
Don't worry, researchers prove being happy is all the rage, and it's good for you.
Eugene Walter recounted how Tallulah Bankhead "gave me three pubic hairs" in a new oral biography of his free spirit.
The re-issued canon of "Routledge Classics" reveals a modern movement in which "none of the English books in the collection is equal in stature to its Continental rivals", or so says Edward Skidelsky.
Jason Epstein confesses his 30-year obsession with keeping a diary. "I laze into it, luxuriate in it..." Indeed he does, and shouldn't we all too?