Tag Archives: Mike Huckabee

winning friends and influencing people

An act of kitsch, camp taste welded to a bizarre form of performance art. By any esthetic measure it could be seen as an ethically depraved act. Even a criminal act that wills a form of radical evil. There is … Continue reading

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no redemption left behind

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. And if I can add to Dickens, it was the end of times. The end of all times. The Peace Train is coming. Even Dickens was not immune … Continue reading

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Doin’ the right thing. the white stuff

Simple. A simple government.Common Sense. “Family Values” Its a common refrain that wraps up a political agenda into a wider context of right wing reactionary politics in which the apparent simplicity of the message is not detachable from a politics … Continue reading

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THE WEIMAR “LAST TRANCE” CABARET: Escaping to Feed Your Head

For Walter Benjamin, this was the real significance of the First World War, “an attempt at a new and unprecedented commingling with the cosmic powers.” He worried that mankind’s alienation from itself was deepening “to such a degree that it … Continue reading

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