Oil’d, by Chris Harmon

≡ Category: Current Affairs, Video - Politics/Society | ≅ 1 Comment

We’re often obsessed with oil. A year ago, the issue was offshore drilling. The Deepwater Horizon rig had exploded, and crude oil was spilling into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of 53,000 barrels a day. We all watched helplessly as BP threw everything but the kitchen sink at the problem. (Remember the golf [...]

Vladimir Nabokov Marvels Over Different “Lolita” Book Covers

≡ Category: Books, Literature | ≅ 3 Comments

In this short excerpt from a TV program called “USA: The Novel,” Vladimir Nabokov comments on different foreign editions of his novel Lolita. The individual covers he discusses are listed here; the full program is available here, and it contains some memorable quotes by the author (from chapter 1: “Mr Nabokov, would you tell us why it is [...]

Obama Announces Death of Osama bin Laden (Video)

≡ Category: Current Affairs, History | ≅ 21 Comments

It’s news and it’s instant historical footage. Tonight, President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, was killed Sunday by US forces in Pakistan, right outside of Islamabad (and, in a fortified mansion, no less). The US began searching for bin Laden back in 1998, following the bombing of the [...]

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