The Entroporium

Back in June, the Supreme Court issued its decision invoking Brown v Board Of Education to end racial quota systems in Louisville and Seattle public schools. Regardless of where you stand on this issue, legal support of diversity is a an assumptive underpinning of our lives that anyone born from 1965 forward has had to [...]

MP3 – John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls (34.4 MB) http://entroporium.com/mp3/01%20On%20the%20Transmigration%20of%20souls.mp3 From Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul: Ours is a time of connection. All must be touched. All touch corrupts. All must be corrupted. Foreign Policy: The Day Nothing Much Changed [I]f you look closely at the trend lines since 9/11, what is remarkable is how [...]

Ars Technica posted an interesting article on US soldiers’ use of personal technology in Iraq. It brings to mind a number of questions about not just how Americans look to the less-developed world, but also about the ability to keep troop discipline and our operations under wraps. And that’s just the start. In a world where copyright violation is considered a serious problem and child labor is often used to make “Frauda” knock-off bags, is it really appropriate for our military to be shopping for bootleg DVDs in the local markets, encouraging that kind of commerce?

“During a visit to Graceland, the Memphis home of Elvis Presley, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sang a few famous lines of his musical hero’s songs.”

Random thoughts on a day of defeat: Isn’t it appropriate that I have the US entry following the Saudi entry? We’ll follow those guys anywhere. (rimshot) I’ll be here all the week, don’t forget to tip the waitresses. Rant coming: If people get so upset about American flag-burning, why is it OK to wear Old [...]

Tradition: Our primeval ancestors’ language and communal behavior were music-based. “This wasn’t language as we know it, in which words are assembled to convey meaning, but was more like a phrase of music. The individual notes mean nothing, but the sound as a whole can touch us to the quick. Or, in the case of [...]

What do Metallica, The Kinks, Dead Kennedys, Tammy Wynette and Bob Dylan have in common? They all made The National Review’s Top 100 Conservative Rock Songs! “What makes a great conservative rock song? The lyrics must convey a conservative idea or sentiment, such as skepticism of government or support for traditional values. And, to be [...]

Bono guest-edited The Independent UK today. If you’ve been hoping for a newspaper in which rock stars write about politics and politicians write about music, today is a great day for you. Condoleezza stands in from the political side with the dreaded “Ten Best” list. Ms. Rice has mostly classical music on her ipod, but [...]

A friend of a friend of a friend sent out this account by E-mail yesterday. Last Saturday he managed to get into the city. Here’s what he saw: Everyone, I just returned from my first trip to Louisiana this weekend since Katrina. I spent the entire trip back trying to decide if I wanted to [...]