teach English at Fordham University / co-editor, Doris Lessing Studies
Brooklyn, NY
Joined January 2013
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marching backward into barbarism: nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/po…
the article cites no evidence that he thinks about the "war" at all, let alone it's something he actively seeks "reprieve" from, as a responsible leader might:
what a scoop! The new, left-y mayor, secretly meeting with an elderly Hollywood director? Go get 'em, @nytimes! nytimes.com/2026/01/08/nyreg…
"Democratic voters want Grants, not McClellans." nytimes.com/2025/11/12/opini…
maybe unpopular: the carnival atmosphere -- colorful costumes, homespun signs, etc. -- at the center of this era's protests is a tired vibe. A more focused set of messages and images, and demonstrating the people's power, is more relevant rn than expressing individual creativity.
in other words, lessons on how to withdraw into celebrity, stay silent, and be of little use while your country collapses: "In the final episode, Marc Maron and former President Barack Obama spoke about the legacy of the podcast, politics and moving on." npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-557…
there's a remarkably weak concept of ideological formation at work when simply not (or no longer) to be homophobic and transphobic is to "lean left."
"Few of Kirk’s eulogists have seen fit to mention the fact that his first act on the national stage was to create a McCarthyite watchlist of college and university professors, lecturers and academics." nytimes.com/2025/09/13/opini…
"People like Sally Rooney more than they like Israel": defector.com/sally-rooney-da…
an ecological visionary whose work grows more widely applicable (or should): nytimes.com/2025/07/23/clima…
reminds me of the lines, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses ... the wretched refuse of your teeming shore": ca.news.yahoo.com/arrival-af…
"It has been painful to watch one group of refugees, selected in a highly unusual manner, receive preferential treatment over many others who have been waiting in refugee camps or dangerous conditions for years." episcopalchurch.org/publicaf…
"what we are witnessing [...] is an attack on the conditions that allow free thought to exist.* nytimes.com/2025/03/16/opini…
I suggest journalists reporting on DOGE take the opportunity to make use of the word "soi-disant." In each instance.
this obit features the glib opinionating that's a hallmark of ChatGPT (here, "Walk on the Wild Side" is "gritty," its intro "haunting" -- questionable takes on the song's tone). But as OpenAI used NYT articles for training, is this the chicken or the egg? nytimes.com/2024/09/13/arts/…
seeing Mdou Moctar play, you can understand how exciting the time around such events as Woodstock must have felt:
brooklynvegan.com/mdou-mocta…
may we likewise be remembered, first for integrity:
brooklynvegan.com/steve-albi…
