Author: Chris Clarke

Wabi-Sabi

The mountains are still there, and the valley. Clouds still gather around the peaks, loose snow and rain onto the high polished granite. Spring still comes to melt the ice, to send it trickling down the near-vertical creeks that...

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Bush’s stunning OAS speech

There’s been a fair amount of talk in the blog world about the Downing Street Memo, the document that essentially proves that the Bush administration lied repeatedly and knowingly as it prepared for war in Iraq. Outrage...

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A little therapy for Karl Rove

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,  Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,  Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs  And towards our distant rest began to trudge.  Men...

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Lanehogger

“For the love of Christ!” I saw this morning morning’s moron, king-   dork of lame-brained driving, dented door-dinged Falcon, in his riding   Oh the rolling Michelins underneath him needed...

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