noted
by Intertard
it is so difficult to have it so easy. i havent written in far too long. one of the inevitabilities of a relationship is that the rapturous moments that might be shared with the entire internet are instead shared with only one love.
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Posted at 30 January 10 at 01.01 in Miscellaneous
We’ll always have Paris
by Intertard
Better late than never? I went to Paris hoping to get drunk and write something brilliant. It never quite worked out. I came up with this basic idea a few days in, and tried to write shortly before leaving. Turns out I hate to be watched when I write; one thing led to another, and a bit of a blow-up followed. I think the recovery reaffirmed the power of the metaphor.
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Posted at 07 November 09 at 07.11 in Travel
On Economics
by Intertard
The thesis of The Great Inflation by Robert J Samuelson is that the inflation of the 1970s was the basis for most problems through the 1970s and early 1980s and stopping it led to the recovery of the late 1980s, the boom of the 1990s and the bubbles of today. Samuelson, an editor at Newsweek and The Washington Post, takes a readable journalistic approach to explain the causes and effects of inflation and forecasting the risk if we repeat the same mistakes.
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Posted at 11 August 09 at 17.08 in Books
On Literature and the American Idea III
by Intertard
And another
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Posted at 07 May 09 at 07.05 in Books
On Literature and the American Idea II
by Intertard
Another one for class
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Posted at 07 May 09 at 07.05 in Books
On Literature and the American Idea
by Intertard
I wrote this for class but thought what the hell why not put it here
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Posted at 22 March 09 at 00.03 in Books
The Myth of the Eastern Front
by Intertard
It’s pretty messed up how much some dudes are into the German side of the Second World War. It’s pretty messed up how much some dudes are into the Civil War, too, but that makes a little bit more sense. If your grandfather fought valiantly to keep black people down — I mean, for states’ rights — I can see why you’ld care about what he did. But very few Americans are descendants of Nazis. So why is there such a thriving culture of Wehrmacht fetishists?
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Posted at 29 January 09 at 20.01 in Books
Team of Rivals
by Intertard
Rarely does Barack Obama miss a chance to draw parallels between himself and Abraham Lincoln, and rarely do the media fail to indulge him. The cabinent selection process was particularly ripe for comparision to Lincoln, as pundits turned frequently to Doris Kearns Goodwin’s concept of a Team of Rivals.
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Posted at 27 January 09 at 20.01 in Politics, Books