Another 9/11 anniversary is here. Predictably, my Facebook newsfeed is filled with the obligatory cheap and disposable patriotism that emerges on this day now. It’s always amazing to me how people can treat patriotism like a t-shirt; put on and pulled off at need. Like a young adult getting dressed for a night of partying, […]
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Boston Just Proved That The Terrorists Have Won
April 19, 2013 
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(EDIT: lively Facebook discussion on this blog here. Feel free to join in) On the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 I blogged about how the terrorists had succeeded in changing the very fabric of our culture and had thus won. Now, in the wake of the horrific events surrounding the bombing of the Boston Marathon, I say again […]
Continue reading A View of Anonymous and #OpOrlando
July 1, 2011 0 Comments
(Quite a few of you have come to me for explanation of Anonymous and OpOrlando, so this is for you.) If you’re unaware, Orlando is currently under cyber-attack by the digital group known as Anonymous. The reason they are attacking Orlando is in protest of the recent arrests of members of a group called Food […]
Continue reading My Patriotism Isn’t Defined by a T-Shirt
June 25, 2011 2 Comments
…. or a bumper sticker. Or a coffee mug. Or a pen. Or any other article of clothing, business utensil, or chachkie. I noticed, shortly after 09/11, that more and more “patriotic” gear started turning up. It was everywhere I looked – and still is. It makes sense, right? America is coming together, despite our ideological […]
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