Insanity

Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.
Thanks Mark

Beyond the war hero

Beyond the war hero
Bernard-Henri Levy embarks on an adventure of anti-Nazi dialectics. First stop: Tom Cruise

The release of “Operation Valkyrie” first in the Unites States and Germany and now in France is without question a good thing. Because it’s always a pleasure to see the world honour its heroes. Riveting as it is however, this [...]

The black marketeers of Bahnhof Zoo

The black marketeers of Bahnhof Zoo
Karl Schlögel looks at the molecular movements that brought down the Berlin Wall.

Looking at “historical moments” renders everything else invisible. The brilliant light radiating from such moments blinds or at least desensitises us to other things that may have happened. One need only look in the newspapers from 1988 and [...]

Zizek, The Symbolic Order

Zizek, The Symbolic Order
dtomolson Mar 28, 2009 6:40 AM
The Symbolic Order is the realm of language, signs, culture, and law. It includes official institutions such as schools, political parties, and Churches; as well as quasi-official institutions like codified and non-codified social norms, i.e. handshakes, winks etc. The Symbolic Order is a chain of signs that is [...]

Get Well Soon

To my friend Jillybean, get well soon!
I am sure that leon misses you.
Bummer about the Chaplain actually doing what they do.