It shouldn't matter, but I can't get the question out of my head:
Reading Camp Concentration convinced me that Thomas Disch was Catholic, or at least Catholic-educated.
Was I right?
Triplicity is up next in my reading queue.
> 'the position of women in the struggle is prone'
A friend of mine, a certified fire-breathing feminist (of the notorious Gainesville, Florida cadre) got to know Stokely Carmichael and essentially absolved him of sexist intent for that comment. I've never asked her for the details of her understanding, but am stone certain she has not cut him any slack.
Which changes nothing about the way other men "in the struggle" parroted the line, of course...
> the "Judeo-Christian" (boy o boy do i hate that little phrase
which according to my little Websters was first observed in 1899 - so much for it being a foundational American principle...
Jeff Sharlet & friends are another good source of "smart commentary on religion in modern American life": http://www.therevealer.org/ .
For a good hard look at religion in modern American politics, try Talk to Action: http://www.talk2action.org/ .
FWIW - not much in the present circumstances - Nader and Public Citizen severed their ties years ago, mostly to enable Nader to pursue his quixotic presidential runs without compromising PC's non-profit status. There may be plenty to blame each party for in their separate careers, but in this case, pending further evidence, this looks like Public Citizen's blunder alone.
For that matter, it's really the FDA's sole responsibility: they are not controlled by any outside advocacy group, and have certainly disregarded PC's advice before.
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