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A Question Mark Above the Sun: Documents on the Mystery Surrounding a Famous Poem “by” Frank O’Hara 

Sportsman and DE alumnus Kent Johnson’s provocative speculations about the provenance of “A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/07/23/fates-of-symbolysme/ Pretty much my worst nightmare Investigators are trying to figure out how it happened that a commercial flight carrying 144 oblivious passengers simply sped past its destination last night––by 150 miles. Not only did the pilots miss their landing strip, they missed every attempt by…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/10/23/pretty-much-my-worst-nightmare/ “Form,” “Ideology,” etc.

I’ve been meaning to throw two or three cents into Michael Robbins’s interesting recent post on form and ideology. But the post is old now, and I think I might ramble on too long for a comment…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/10/15/form-ideology-etc/ Some might say, sex with corpses sounds like fun . . . Rep. Gohmert

Apologies to anyone who’s seen this already (it’s being passed around), but I want to do my part to make sure everyone gets the chance.

Here’s a logic map to help you make it through the ]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/10/08/some-might-say-sex-with-corpses-sounds-like-fun/ Hear Hear When John Ensign is not attending Promise Keeper meetings, or holding forth against the threats that gay marriage poses to heterosexual marriage, or cheating on his wife with a married staffer, or fending off that staffer’s husband’s blackmail threats, he…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/09/29/hear-hear/ Legislated Bribery As Senator Max Baucus unveils his much-anticipated healthcare plan this afternoon, it’s worth pausing to reflect on the most obvious beneficiaries: the politicians who wrote the bill. As Alan Fram points out in an AP article published today:

Sen. Max

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]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/09/16/legislated-bribery/ Memorials for Craig Arnold For those who followed Craig Arnold’s disappearance in the spring, this article will be a refreshing change: a look at his life and poems rather than a minute-by-minute notation on knowns and unknowns. I’m late in posting it.…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/09/16/memorials-for-craig-arnold/ Dudes with Guns blackwater_helicopter_071119_main

Today the Times has a startling piece (is it possible still to be startled?) on yet another revelation related to our country’s shadow wars: the CIA apparently had the idea a few years back to hire Blackwater…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/08/20/dudes-with-guns/ Dispatch from the Bottom Shelf very_old_barton

Though I am no expert, I am an enthusiast of bourbon. And I like to sample. So when I go to the giant Binny’s in the West Loop, I always make a point of getting the opinion of one…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/06/16/dispatch-from-the-bottom-shelf/ Craig Arnold, 1967–2009 n74254019683_8406

Everyone who knew Craig Arnold has a story, and Craig knew a lot of people. Walking around in public with him was often exhausting: everyone wanted a kiss. So I am one of many who loved him, and this…

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