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  • Archive for January 22nd, 2007

    from 2003: Synchronicity, in memoriam Robert Hauter Myslik

    Monday, January 22nd, 2007

    [edited 2007 0130 to correct Rob's middle name, which was Hauter and not Hunter.]
    This piece dates from around 2003 February 10. I wrote it about three weeks after the death of a legendary colleague and true friend, Rob Myslik. Rob taught at Hun for nine years, including two while I was there, and [...]

    The true America-haters

    Monday, January 22nd, 2007

    I’ve been meaning to write this for a long time, but it turns out that Cenk Uygur got there first and said it well: The people in power, who wrap themselves in the flag, don’t really love America. They don’t even understand America — and so, not understanding it, they hate it. [...]