Many young children dream of one day being president, but those of us who reach adulthood without going through some bizarre, cryptically homoerotic Skull and Bones initiation rite know the chances of that happening are slim. There is, however, a way for average folks like us to share in the presidential spotlight without any of the …
I am alternately horrified and enthralled by the impending downfall of Western Civilization, a process I occasionally like to prod along in some small, but I hope, ultimately meaningful, way. In various print columns I have both decried the commercialization of Christmas, and urged the indiscriminate bombing of one or more Balkan nations by our …
Last night’s dramatic hat trick by Hillary Clinton does not bode well for Obama, or for America at large. Oh sure, if the democratic process is allowed to work its magic without interference from the Clinton political machine, Obama should still secure the nomination. Super Tuesday, the Sequel did not damage Obama’s chance at victory …
The Malcontent: The Audacity of Hope and the Persistence of Fear Read More »
For some time now, a friend and I have noted and discussed the bizarre gender hang-ups and skewed sense of misogyny in Phoenix movie critic Peter Keough’s reviews. This past week, he truly outdid himself in his Oscar predictions roundup, decrying rampant misogyny throughout the list of potential Best Actress nominees, and finding nary a …
The Malcontent: Peter Keough – Abortions for Everyone Read More »
When Eric asked me to compile a list of my top five movies of 2007, I thought long and hard about it—if by “long,” you mean “the amount of time it takes me to make a sandwich,” and by “hard,” you mean “just enough so as not to distract me from sandwich-making.” As I spend …
The Malcontent Presents: The Year in Movies as I Imagine It Might Have Happened Read More »
Now that we’ve all settled in to weather the storm, made it through the traffic, and thawed out the starving, urine-soaked children, it’s time to reflect on the way Rhode Islanders reacted with characteristic aplomb and grace under fire to a winter storm that, while unusual in its speed and intensity, is not entirely outside …
The Malcontent: You’re Doin’ a Heckuva Job, Rhody Read More »
The New York Times reports today that support is waning in the House for a Democratic sponsored resolution condemning the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1917. While many of us agree that the systematic slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people based on race or ethnicity is to be frowned …
The Malcontent: The House Vs. Historical Genocide Read More »
Column: The Malcontent by John Taraborelli It seems that there has been a rash of protests gone wrong lately. The Bush years have provided us with countless protest-worthy offenses, and certainly protesting, and the right to it, has played a vital role in our country’s history. Sometimes the ugly abuses of people in power require …