That This That This
That this book is a history of a shadow that is a shadow of me mystically one in another Another another to subserve __ Day is a type when visible objects change then put on form but the anti-type That thing not shadowed __ Is light anything like this stray pencil commonplace copy as to one aberrant onward-gliding mystery __ A secular arrietta variation Grass angels perish in this harmonic collision because non-being cannot be "this" __ Not spirit not space finite Not infinite to those fixed-- That this millstone as such Quiet which side on which-- __ That a solitary person bears witness to law in the ark to an altar of snow and every age or century for a day is __ Is one mind put into another in us unknown to ourselves by going about among trees and fields in moonlight or in a garden to ease distance to fetch home spiritual things __
Feb 25, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Susan Howe
Puzzle No. 3160 Puzzle No. 3160
ACROSS
1 Evidently something like the puma pounces--but such are not legitimate occasions of inaction. (7,7)
Feb 25, 2009 / Frank W. Lewis
The Draft Sirota Campaign Begins The Draft Sirota Campaign Begins
There's been some pretty awesome grassroots mobilization around MSNBC's 10pm time slot, with Facebook groups devoted both to Sam Seder and Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks. Today Chr...
Feb 25, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Can the Courts Handle Terror Suspects? Can the Courts Handle Terror Suspects?
Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Lieutenant Col. David Vandeveld, a former prosecutor at Gitmo and others discuss whether our criminal courts can handle terror...
Feb 25, 2009 / GRITtv
Update on DC Voting Rights Update on DC Voting Rights
Greg Kaufmann, who's been following developments closely writes: Don't count your 60 Senate votes before they hatch… Look, it definitely looks good. However, there are a coupl...
Feb 25, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Chas Freeman for NIC: Lots at Stake Chas Freeman for NIC: Lots at Stake
A thunderous, coordinated assault against one of President Obama's intelligence picks is now underway. It started in a few right-wing blogs, migrated to semi-official mouthpieces ...
Feb 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Toughest Task Obama’s Toughest Task
Obama's address to Congress was a gift to a dispirited nation. Now the hard work begins to transform vision to reality--but how can we do it by waging another war?
Feb 25, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
A Waltz With the Dogs of Memory A Waltz With the Dogs of Memory
Vicious hounds of repressed memory haunt Waltz with Bashir, a deeply flawed depiction of the harsh truths of a war no one can forget.
Feb 24, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Ibish
Obama Offers a Comprehensive “Yes, We Can!” Obama Offers a Comprehensive “Yes, We Can!”
Barack Obama's not-a-State of the Union address sounded precisely like a State of the Union address, as the president offered a sober assessment of a recession that "is real and (...
Feb 24, 2009 / John Nichols
The Ross-Iran Controversy The Ross-Iran Controversy
By now it's apparent that Dennis Ross, the controversial former official from the Washington Institute for Near East Affairs, didn't get the post he wanted, namely, special envoy ...
Feb 24, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss