Diary

Charles Krauthammer: Obama’s New Start

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Charles Krauthammer, the conservative editorialist of the Washington Post, warns his Republican friends that Obama is not to be written off. It is useful to remember that in politics, just like in any sport or busines, you don’t have to be perfect. You only have to be better than the compeitition. Riding the lamest of ducks, image [Read More]
Diary

WikiLeaks Exposing the Psychology of America

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It is difficult for individuals to change their personalities; it also also difficult for countries to change their personalities. Derek Leebaert desribes the lens through which American diplomats have thinking about the world for a long time. Our Envoys, Ourselves (NY Times) A GLOBAL power’s diplomatic archives are inevitably full of caustic dispatches. In Britain, a image [Read More]
Diary

Rainer Maria Rilke: First Duino Elegy

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Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the Angelic Orders? And even if one were to suddenly take me to its heart, I would vanish into its stronger existence. For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, that we are still able to bear, and we revere it so, because it calmly disdains to destroy us. Every Angel image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

The Darjeling Limited

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This is Wes Anderson’s best film to date. It reaches the same depth of Rushmore, but instead of staying in the same Chicago suburb, the director takes us on a wonderful road trip to India. Unlike Life Aquatic, which also wanted to be an adventure film, The Darjeling Limited is never boring because even when image [Read More]