November 2008
9 posts
Walzer afterthoughts
On the way to our interview with Michael Walzer the other night, which had been billed as “the future of the Left” even though all we wanted to ask him, really, was about the past of the Left, I began to worry that he’d ask *me* what I thought the future of the Left was.
And I realized I have no idea. I used to get my ideas about the direction of American politics from Russian...
another reminder
Very big party tonight to launch issue 7—Brooklyn Lyceum on 4th Avenue in Brooklyn, doors open at 9:30 and close at 2:30. $10 to get in, then $1.50 Brooklyn lagers and wine—but subscribe now and get in free (and pick up your first issue at the party). No readings or anything, just drinking. I personally will be drinking in Moscow, where on tv they’re showing schoolteachers...
reminder
Interview with Michael Walzer tonight at the New School, 6:30 pm, 55 W. 13 St.
two events
Two major n+1-related events next week.
Next Friday the 21st, the big Issue 7 launch party at the Brooklyn Lyceum on 4th Ave. Doors at 9:30 pm. There will be music and $1 drinks, as always.
Before that, Tuesday the 18th, Mark and I will interview Michael Walzer, the wonderful political theorist and long-time editor of Dissent, at the New School—6:30, Theresa Lang Student Center,...
obama issue unloading party
Dear All: If anyone wants to see Issue 7—featuring Scott Hamrah’s tour de force on seven years of Iraq and War on Terror movies, Elif Batuman’s trip to Uzbekistan, the third HFM interview, and Wesley Yang on pick-up artists—straight off the presses, Chad’s bringing it back in a big truck tomorrow (Friday) from Pennsylvania and delivering it directly to 68 Jay St. #405...
memories
Here are some things I remember, from being an old person.
I remember the turnstiles in the Willie Horton ad, representative of Michael Dukakis’s commitment to releasing black rapists and murderers.
I remember the 1991 SNL skit, a fake ad against the Brady Amendment (requiring a seven-day waiting period for hand-guns), where Chris Rock and a masked accomplice rob a nice white family as...
round-up
Dear Tumblr followers,
My Tumblr record has been disgraceful recently. I’m sorry.
Here’s what’s happened since last time I posted:
We finished Issue 7. More on that shortly.
Harcourt released a new two-volume Orwell, edited by George Packer. Recommended.
The worldwide financial system collapsed. Very good article in today’s Times. Why did the Wisconsin public schools...
