digital emunction » Michael Hansen http://www.digitalemunction.com A website dedicated to literature, politics, life, and anything else worth talking about. Founded in 2006 by Robert P. Baird Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:44:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 stream. Here’s a new…

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

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 mind-blistering display in Louie Gohmert’s (R-TX)…

]]> 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 Baucus,…

]]> 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. It was written…

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

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 to capture and/or kill…

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

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 or…

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

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 is…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/05/08/craig-arnold-1967%e2%80%932009/ Four Minutes to Help Craig Arnold Thanks to anyone who chipped in on the fund to support the ongoing search for Craig. There’s something else that all of us can do: look up you Senator’s info here and drop them an email or make a quick phonecall.…

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