Jürgen Habermas Is Dead

October 4, 2007

Fall of the House of Whitman

Due to a lack of any outer walls, a profusion of windows and the flammability of the complex (most inner surfaces are wood, not stone, no sprinkler system), a sufficiently swift and chaotic attack against Whitman could be successful with … Read More

by Zeb Blackwell on October 3, 2007March 17, 2013

A Delicate Balance

One day this July the heat was such that it was no longer fun to roam outside. So I interrupted my summer routine (walking the dog, eating profiteroles, thinking about what a chore it must have been for Lopokova to … Read More

by Oliver Roe on October 3, 2007March 17, 2013

Letters

Characters U S Scene 1 Lights come up on a sitcom-style living/dining room/kitchen set. It is reminiscent of I Love Lucy. U, a large foam letter is sitting on the couch nursing a cup of coffee. S, another large foam … Read More

by Colin Pfeiffer on October 3, 2007March 17, 2013

Decadence and Filth in Ho Chi Minh

“Hey, what’s with that guy?” I laughed, gesturing to a deeply tanned, middle-aged man who is dancing with two shady-looking Vietnamese women, one over six feet tall. We’re next to a small bar in the backpacker district of Ho Chi … Read More

by Kent Kuran on October 3, 2007March 17, 2013

My Writer’s Block

I’ve finally begrudgingly admitted to myself that I am a bad writer. I’m particularly bad at writing dialogue, which I suppose underscores that I am a horrendous conversationalist, by which I mean I am hopelessly self-involved. I find this particularly … Read More

by Hal Pratt on October 3, 2007March 17, 2013

A Brief Account of the Leipzig Games Convention

The first stop was, logically, Hall 5, probably the best hall of the convention and the home for current video game titans Microsoft and Nintendo. Microsoft’s entry into the video game market is a recent development to this writer who … Read More

by Tim Nunan on October 3, 2007March 17, 2013

Our favorite ideal ideologues

1.Suzanne Westbrook 2.Jesus of Nazareth 3.Julian the Apostate 4.Robbie George 5.Stefan McDaniel 6.Martin Heidegger 7.Mammon, God of Wealth 8.Paul of Tarsus 9.Sara Viola 10.John Maynard Keynes 11.Hannah Arendt 12.Will ‘The Scharf’s Scharf’ Scharf 13.Karl Marx 14.Harold Graham Parker III / … Read More

by Anonymous on October 3, 2007March 17, 2013