there is something gut wrenching about this piece in The Atlantic of civil servants being toyed with and then driven out or fired by Trump as heproceeds like a forest fire hollowing out agencies and installing yes-men…..The piece is a longish read so be forwarned. Look closely at the portraitsContinue Reading
The two most compelling sentences I have read this week, from a piece by Anne Anlin Cheng on Parasite and Get Out. In the ultimate neoliberal fantasy, appropriation and tribute (stealing and virtue-signalling) can be one and the same. Just as parasitism and hosting collapse under this political economy, soContinue Reading
The facelift takes off with the new look and URL. There will be some modifications over the next while as the content grows. The Old Guys site will remain as the archive of version one.Continue Reading