In my original piece on Iraq, I tried to make the point that the main
reason for US militarism is itself, it's ecnomic benefits(?) at
home, and its effect in solidfying the country behind leaders and
policies that otherwise would be more suspect. Justifications or
rationalizations in
Felix may well be right that cars lead to a reduction of communal
life, and Venice (Italy) seems to an outsider to be a wonderful
place. But:
a) I hope we don't wait until the US is rebuilt car-free to pull out
of Iraq;
b) Venice is in fact becoming de-populated, with its natives moving
I have recently completed the following paper that I thought might be
of interest to nettimers.
Best,
Michael
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Iraq: The Way Forward
We have reached a crucial turning point in American history. The
November elections and current
Ronda,
You wrote;
The primaries, similarly, only allow for voters to choose among candidates
chosen by for them by the parties.
I think that is an oversimplification. Generally, one has to meet
some, admittedly often too onerous, requirement to run in a primary,
but the parties as
Dear nettimers,
I think the following column , which appeared yesterday in nowhere
more radical than the New York Times, illustrates why Kali Tal's
response to Alan Sondheim deserved to be taken seriously, rather
than responded to with the scorn it seems to have met, from Alan and
some
24 years ago, I testified before a US Congressional subcommittee
consisting of Al Gore in favor of the US providing computers to the
the third world. This was even before he invented the internet,
though that was obviously coming. I still think it was a good idea.
Why should only rich
Alan's account seems plausible, but still leaves question of where
spoken language came from. My earlier thought has been that singing
was the essential step. Different songs for different activities
would then lead, implicitly and directly to verbs. My back is turned
but I hear the
On the contrary, it impresses a great many people. Presumably, that's
the point of collecting so much money in the first place, if like
Buffett you don't intend to leave it to your offspring. It would of
course have been possible to run these businesses as non-profits,
never collecting
. The DC government had already announced we were
not
going to be prosecuted, however. I was planning to plead innocent, on the much
attested grounds that I can't sing.
Best,
Michael
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On Feb 16, 2006, at 10:01 AM, Jody Berland wrote:
You can't
Alan, your current list of books, as impressive as always contains a
slight error. Edelman's theory of reentry had nothing to do with his
Nobel Prize, of 1972, which was for the chemical composition of
antibodies. His theories of consciousness came later.
Best,
Michael
On Nov 18, 2005, at
Ricardo,
If you want statistics, start with the state of education in this country
compared
with other industrialized countries or even China. Look at the growing general
state of ignorance re news, the decreasing number of voters, growing income
inequality, etc.
You seem to think advances in
Thanks Eric, for these clarifications. I agree wholeheartedly that
nettimers could make a real contribution to , and above all, that we
progressives must put forth constructive and detailed proposals and
plans now!
Best,
Michael
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bring the troops home from Iraq at once.
Michael H. Goldhaber
Monday, September 5, 2005
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Or just steals the US robots and reprograms them?
Best,
Michael
On Feb 16, 2005, at 6:47 PM, Ivo Skoric wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16robots.html?pagewanted=
1ei=5094en=527b7e950d00d351hpex=1108616400partner=homepage
Pentagon says that an average soldier's upkeep,
According to NPR, Pres. Bush said the word freedom 27 times in his
21-minute inaugural speech yesterday ? an excellent example of
misleading framing (in the sense recently popularized by George
Lakoff).
Even worse, Bush spoke again of the 9/11 attack as being an attack on
freedom. This is
I want to comment briefly on Coco Fusco's impassioned and cogent remarks
on maps and war. I spent the year 1981 (the first year of the Reagan
administration) hiding out in the bowels of the Library of Congress in
Washington researching a book on the causes of war that I never wrote. One
of my
I'm not certain Breslin has all facts straight. The NY Times
specifically claims to use random number generators to phone pollees,
and if they really do, that should include cell phones. A different
question is whether potential Kerry voters and potential Bush voters
are equally likely to
paying enough attention to recall all the abbreviations. I
urge nettimers to take the time to spell out the meanings of abbreviations
frequently, if not at least once per posting.
Best,
Michael
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On Aug 11, 2004, at 4
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 and War in the Attention Era
War is always a contest over something; for instance, under capitalism, it
is often a contest over resources (including oil). In the attention
economy, however, war is a contest over attention, and the ultimate winner
is the one who is
I remain chary of the word evil, especially as it has been so easily bandied
about by Bush and company, but it's quite obvious that the adminstration
remains far less moved by death and injury to others, whether American or
foreign, than by the political opportunities of any situation, whether
and desires. They
did come scarily close, however.
Michael H. Goldhaber
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Alan Sondheim wrote:
Returning briefly to Iraq, I think stating what the war is 'about' misses
the point - that the word 'about' must be deconstructed
in South
Carolina, even topping the charismatic Senator Edwards from neighboring
North Carolina.
I bring all this up in the hopes that nettimers will discuss this model
of politics via the Internet and what it might portend/teach.
--
Best,
Michael
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and was nurtured in college. Doing rather than thinking
has become the norm and is what is most valued among this elite.
Michael H. Goldhaber
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be to help all the members of a class recognize each others'
ways of being intellectuals. I am not saying that in my own teaching I do any
of this very well.
Michael H. Goldhaber
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to reveal
who one is and what one's interests are, as Kermit proposes we strive for.
The more anonymous the voice, the less the possibility for such self
revelation, and the more must be taken on faith.
Reasonably, within the precarious limits of reason, but not contentedly,
Michael H. Goldhaber
Brian
of Voltaire, we know this was a 'pen-name.' Was it affixed to his work, and
if not, what use would a pen-name have been?
Michael H. Goldhaber
Keith Hart wrote:
I have been intrigued by this thread for the light it throws on the
question of authorial anonymity. I have been reading a book
Well, nettimers, I wrote the following blog, but then I thought, you
would probably be more interested in it than the average inhabitant of
the blogsphere; so though it's own my new blog site (
http://blogs.salon.com/0002859/ ), why waste it?
so here it is:
Best,
Michael
Michael H. Goldhaber
My
,
Michael
Michael H. Goldhaber
Bruce Sterling wrote:
*One wonders what the strategic Iranian infowar response
to this should be. Maybe Americanonymity. -- bruces
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