In a Dark Time … The Eye Begins to See

I don’t think I’ve found a better statement of my opposition to the Iraqi war than this article in the NY Times as recommended by GeoDog’s MT Weblog This along with Nat Hentoff’s appearance on Bill Moyer’s NOW last night and his discussion of the Patriotic Act leaves me wondering if the New York Times [...]

What am I supposed to do with him?

Last night at 7:15 p.m the lights went out for 12,000 people in Vancouver USA. At first, my wife accused me of running the portable heater while there were too many other electrical appliances running. As I stumbled my way out into a pitch black garage to trip the breaker back on, I suddenly [...]

I’ve been fighting to finish Bei Dao’s At the Sky’s Edge for too long. At least part of the problem comes from my hectic schedule, but the sheer difficulty of the poems in the second half of this work has also slowed my reading down to an irritating crawl. Translator David Hinton hints at some of [...]