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the year in music / 2013 andrew bird / patrick watson / grizzly...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:10:00 -0500

the year in music / 2013

andrew bird / patrick watson / grizzly bear / mount eerie / woods / fiona apple / heartless bastards / daughn gibson / father john misty / damien jurado / sharon van etten / cat power / alt-j / the xx / colossal gospel / chris cohen / dirty projectors / beach house / calvin love / the brian jonestown massacre / can

yirgacheffe, and this: the hollies - carrie-anne

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:51:29 -0400

yirgacheffe, and this:

the hollies - carrie-anne

spicy caramel popcorn, and this: muckreads podcast - the...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:53:45 -0400

spicy caramel popcorn, and this:

muckreads podcast - the militarization of american police forces

earl grey tea, a vegan chocolate chip cookie, and this: jeannie...

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:00:29 -0500

earl grey tea, a vegan chocolate chip cookie, and this:

jeannie c. riley - harper valley pta

herbed scrambled egg whites & kale skillet potatoes, and...

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:21:49 -0500

herbed scrambled egg whites & kale skillet potatoes, and this:

dissent magazine - got dough? how billionaires rule our schools

the year in music / 2011 timber timbre / james blake / julianna...

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:22:00 -0500

the year in music / 2011

timber timbre / james blake / julianna barwick / asap rocky / nicholas jaar / little scream / the antlers / true widow / bright eyes / youth lagoon / glass ghost / the war on drugs / kurt vile / cass mccombs / david thomas broughton / pj harvey / wilco / king creosote & john hopkins / tune-yards

homemade sesame chicken, and this: ramona falls - i say fever

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:43:00 -0400

homemade sesame chicken, and this:

ramona falls - i say fever

masala dosa from sami’s, and this: cults - go outside

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:29:00 -0400

masala dosa from sami’s, and this:

cults - go outside

grilled portobello and onion sandwich, and this: the...

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:07:00 -0400

grilled portobello and onion sandwich, and this:

the sociologist max weber, in his 1919 essay ‘politics as a vocation,’ drew a distinction between ‘the ethic of responsibility’ and ‘the ethic of ultimate ends’ - between those who act from a sense of practical consequence and those who act from higher conviction, regardless of consequences. these ethics are tragically opposed, but the true calling of politics requires a union of the two. on its own, the ethic of responsibility can become a devotion to technically correct procedure, while the ethic of ultimate ends can become fascism. weber’s terms perfectly capture the toxic dynamic between the president, who takes responsibility as an end in itself, and the republicans in congress, who are destructively consumed with their own dogma. neither side can be said to possess what weber calls a ‘leader’s personality.’ responsibility without conviction is weak, but it’s sane. conviction without responsibility, in the current incarnation of the republican party, is raving mad.

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president obama, responsibly acceding to the reality of divided government, is now the leading champion of fiscal austerity, and his proposals contain very little in the way of job creation. more important, he no longer uses his office’s most powerful tool, rhetorical suasion, to keep the country focused on the continued need for government activism. his opponents’ approach to job creation is that of a cargo cult - just keep repeating ‘tax cuts’ - even though the economic evidence of the past three decades refutes such magical thinking.

- george packer, the new yorker, july 25, 2011

crackers, cheese, fruit, and this: the silhouettes - get a job

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:43:00 -0400

crackers, cheese, fruit, and this:

the silhouettes - get a job

2009 marques de montanana granacha, described thus: the nose is...

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:04:00 -0400

2009 marques de montanana granacha, described thus:

the nose is the experience of taking a hayride through a fruit orchard, … [it] comes at you like a fruit roll-up express with red cherries…boysenberry sorbet, crushed marionberries and hints of red vines licorice, sweet tobacco and chinese hibiscus tea

and this:

josef suk - serenade for strings on 95.5 wgbh boston