Thursday, November 30, 2006

U.S. BANS SALE OF iPODS TO NORTH KOREA

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by Rochelle Ratner Poor Kim Jong II. He'd wanted a few of the new photo iPods for Christmas. He even had an iPod dock built into his new...
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

ELVIS AND THE BEADS OF SWEAT

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by Wayne Crawford I see Elvis in my dreams, his low-cut shirt exposes beads of sweat across his chest, each a token of love. He smears them ...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

POSEURS IN VIET NAM

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by Bonnie Naradzay Mr. Bush, bedecked in the conical hat of a paddy farmer and Asian sky-blue garb, looked comical and worry-free at the He...
Monday, November 27, 2006

W LANDS KURDISH MAYOR IN JAIL

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by Rochelle Ratner Mr. Bush doesn't find out about this until he reads it in the paper. Damn aides must be holding out on him again. The...
Sunday, November 26, 2006

MULE MANEUVERS

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by Chad Faries --February 6, 2005: Mules laden with sacks of ballots were led into Haiti's countryside Monday to reach remote villages o...
Saturday, November 25, 2006

THE MOTHERS OF THE DISAPPEARED BOOKSTORE, BUENOS AIRES

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by Jon Wesick The snapshots are unremarkable save for clothing thirty years out of date. Some black and white, others color. These are the v...
Friday, November 24, 2006

THANKSGIVING: FOUR TO SIX A.M.

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by Verandah Porche Double-take in the dark. Sleet needles me un-knits my sleep: it’s that tick below think itch within speech the tsk of tas...
Thursday, November 23, 2006

THANKSGIVING

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by Esther Greenleaf Murer My browser is taking a poll: What are you most thankful for?         a) turkey         b) football         c) shop...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

INCOGNITO: FRONT LINES

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by Kevin Hodgson They published front line letters this week in the New Yorker and they arrived like missives in the night, exploding my ow...
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, JR. ON THE CON-MOVE

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by Bill Costley "The con-movement is, in a sense, inanimate, compared to 20-30 years ago, with a kind of ideological slovenliness affec...
Monday, November 20, 2006

DARFURY

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by Charles Frederickson Dark Continent lost cause rebels Desolation and despair ember ashes Slow burning wars singeing consciousness Smolder...
Sunday, November 19, 2006

BUSH TO VISIT INDONESIA TOMORROW

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by James Penha Shaman slits the throat of a goat, collects its blood in earthenware holding already the flesh of a red snapper for this nati...
Saturday, November 18, 2006

DISCOVERY

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by Mel Waldman We stopped searching years ago after dreams were obliterated during our metamorphosis, when darkness came to us and swallowed...
Friday, November 17, 2006

BOMB

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by Doris Henderson We are sitting in a darkened room, inert, like a drawing in charcoal. A thief waits outside the window. He swallows dream...