Why annoy people? Why remember that which has passed? Passed? What has passed? How could it have passed--that which we not only have not started to eradicate and heal but are even afraid to call by its name? How could a brutal illness be cured only by our saying that it is gone? And it is not going away and will not and cannot go away until we admit that we are ill. In order to cure an illness one must first admit that one has it. And it is precisely what we are not doing. And not only not doing, but aiming all our efforts at not seeing it, not calling it by its name. And, consequently, it is not going away but only mutating, only penetrating deeper into our flesh, our blood, our bones, our marrow.
Leo Tolstoy "Nikolai Palkin" [Nicholas the Stick], 19061
The New York Public Library hosts a "must-see exhibit" of French literary life under Nazi occupation.
American socialists can begin celebrating the Bank of America's transition to "the bank owned by America".
The Military-Industrial-Congress Complex allows legislators to bring the spoils of war back to their home states.
If your envies, social disgraces, and secret socialisms aren't shameful enough, you can purchase the boneless belt which separates your fat into segments and offers another good reason for you to feel thoroughly ashamed.
