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(Read Part I and Part II of this article.) ?. . . For all that is done and said. We know their dream; enough To know they dreamed and are dead; And what if excess of love Bewildered them till they died? . . . Now and in time to be, Wherever green is worn,… Read more »

DVD: Howl Starring: James Franco, Jon Hamm, Treat Williams, Mary-Louise Parker, Bob Balaban, David Strathairn, Alessandro Nivola, and Jeff Daniels. Directors/Screenwriters: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Keeping One Finger on the Primal Pulse in the Age of Moloch ?. . . angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the… Read more »

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?When people decide to live, destiny shall obey, and one day . . . the slavery chains must be broken.? Tunisian poet Abu Al-Qasem Al-Shabi ?I think that every free person who really loves this country has to fight injustice and corruption. I think this is also my duty. I really love my country and… Read more »

DVD: Winter’s Bone (2010) Director: Debra Granik Screenwriters: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey The Sweet Dignity of Human Anguish ?In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, ?Make us your slaves, but feed us.?? Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov The… Read more »

Doctor Sparkles, Scary Country (Independent 2010) The Beast of the New World Order ?If you were the ruler of everyone, At least from a fool’s point of view, Given your gravities and your depravities, What would you measure up to?? Doctor Sparkles, ?If You Were the Ruler of Everyone? On a first listen to the… Read more »

“Some friends had invited me to a small party at their house. My host told me a story that his gardener had told him a few days ago. I asked to speak to the gardener, who explained that he was from a village in the Northwest of Tunisia. It had snowed there; the people needed… Read more »

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This column originally appeared January 15, 2010, in issue 1802. Book: John Geiger, The Third Man Factor: The Secret to Survival in Extreme Environments (Penguin Canada 2009). Someone is Out There ?Who is the third who walks always beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together But when I look ahead… Read more »