I am frustrated by the lack of attention by academe to the plight of Ai Weiwei. His courage is shown here by his decision to defy China’s corporate oligarchs by writing while under house arrest. While Ai’s courage is amazing, we should not just blame his fate on China. To a lesser de[...]
Archive for August 29th, 2011
August 29th, 2011 - 12:42 am § in Misc.
Frankenstein Come to The US
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Va. — Talk to fishermen here, and you will hear the legend of Buggs Island Lake: A Navy diver sent to recover the wreckage of a small plane encounters a fish the size of a man on the lake’s bottom. He bolts to the surface and refuses to dip a toe in the […][...]