Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’
the knicks and iraq
From an e-mail exchange with a friend:
content analysis writes …
I’m not sure that anyone, but me is interested enough in the Knicks to read this whole painful article. But it’s really good.
friend of ca writes …
That’s easily one of the best sports articles I’ve ever read. The Barbosa quote after being fake-traded to the Knicks (“My heart was hurting”) and the Rockets’ scouting reports on the Knicks’ starters were highlights for me.
I hope this writer also does the eulogy for the Bush Administration. He mostly has the thing written, he just needs to swap out a few names and events (Isiah = W., Dolan = Cheney, Marbury trade = Iraq War, Randolph trade = the surge, etc.). Plus, he’s a really good “eugoogalizer.”
Friend of Content Analysis’s (FOCA) analogy of the depiction of the Knicks in this article to the Bush administration is so completely perfect, I can only hope to spread it as far and wide as possible. Please, Reader, do your part!
P.S. FOCA, when I read your e-mail, it was so perfect, yet painfully true that “my heart was hurting.”
the sunday reads
I’ve decided to start a new feature here: the sunday reads. Growing up (and in my own family to
day), Sunday has always meant bagels and the Sunday New York Times. It’s a time to sit back and dedicate some time to learning about the world around us. From the Week in Review (which as a pre-literate child I thought was the “Weekend Review”) to the Magazine to Sunday Styles to my beloved Frank Rich, the Sunday Times has much to offer.
In recent years, I’ve discovered that media does exist outside the Times. So, in the sunday reads each week, I will pick out a few key articles that I found significant this Sunday. Apologizes in advance if I end up linking to the entire Week in Review. Here are the inaugural links:
Postfeminism and Other Fairy Tales by Kate Zernike (NYT) – a good story on what appears to be season of growing consciousness about gender.
Five Years by John F. Burns (NYT) – Burns’ broad and inspired look back on our five years (!) in Iraq.
Republicans See Storm Clouds Gathering by Jonathan Weisman (WP) – a discussion of the poor outlook for the GOP this fall. I read this with great glee.
On My Faith and My Church by Barack Obama (Huffington Post) – Senator Obama clears the air about his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. (See also: The Fox News crew deliberately manipulates the situation an interview with Obama).
Annals of War: Exposure by Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris (The New Yorker) – The story of Specialist Sabrina Harman, the woman who took the notorious pictures at Abu Graib, gives a new look behind the scenes at AG, told partially through her letters. Written by one of the best journalists around and the documentary filmmaker behind The Fog of War.
Red Baron recast as a German hero by David Smith (The Observer (UK)) – I’ve been interested for a while in the way Germans continue to process their horrific acts during WWII. A new $28 million movie (a lot of money for German films) breaks a taboo by focusing on Manfred von Richthofen, “The Red Baron,” and depicts him as “brilliant and sensitive hero.”
Cuban Players Fled Their Team for an Uncertain Future by Katie Thomas (NYT) – for the non-soccer fans out there, North and Central American national teams are currently competing in their Olympic qualifying tournament (only players under 23 are eligible to play, so no Landon Donovan). As usual, several players have defected from the Cuban team, seeking asylum and better futures in the U.S. This article looks at their hopes and chances for the future.
If any of these stories were interesting to you, please return the favor and leave a link to a good article in the comments!
