Category Archives: Notes from the Interblags

notes from the interblags: politics politics politics

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Michael

• (via The Blogora) Conservative Jeffrey Hart, speech-writer for Reagan and Nixon, endorses Obama as a (Edmund) Burkean conservative: One thing I know is that both Nixon and Reagan would have agreed with Obama’s speech against the Iraq War… But … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags: racism, transphobia, marginalia

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Michael

• via Dennis, BooMan on explicit racism in this election. An excerpt: Anytime they poll the American people about racism, blacks say there is more of it than whites. The raw racism on display this election season is probably more … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Michael

• Slate.com: diagramming Sarah Palin’s sentences • ABC.com: Students at George Fox University in Oregon hanged an effigy of Obama. Eek. • via Feministing, The Living Room Candidate, a collection of television ads from Presidential Campaigns, 1952-2008. An example from … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags: porn, new media, and audaciousness

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Michael

• via Feminist Philosophers, social networking sites have passed porn as the top attraction on the internet (Reuters). • Alex Reid searches the MLA job list and finds that more posts list “new media” and “digital” than “Shakespeare.” What does … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags: olympics, technology, race, and diets

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Michael

• via Clay Spinuzzi, this great comparison of an original NY Times piece on the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese translation for a Chinese newspaper. The new copy omits anything that could be construed as negative, and even adds in … Continue reading →

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