Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism.
in the United States ... given the cult of eternal youth, age is ignored unless it can be sentimentalized.
Where else could one find such a perfect combination of American values -- racism, militarism, capitalism -- all packaged in one 'ideal' symbol, a woman.
Politics becomes a part of your life once you realize it has been all along.
Metaphor is the energy charge that leaps between images, revealing their connections.
When solutions are offered us by the people who originally brought us the problem, we do well to be suspicious.