There have been few books of history and social theory--not quite sure where I can place it in terms of genre--as important as The Long Twen...

A new stage in the historical process was suggested by Wedderburn's pamphlet Cast-Iron Parsons, or Hints to the Public and the Legislatu...

Well, Terminator Salvation did, indeed, suck. And that's an understatement. Perhaps, if there were no acting or writing, the film would...

I'm going to see Terminator Salvation tonight. With full knowledge the film will likely suck. But I share with many of my friends the h...

Today it is possible to speak of a credit crisis in the double sense with which one used to speak about the Bush administration's "...

DEPARTMENT OF INT'L AFFAIRS (Office of the Under Secretary) 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20220. I am Timothy F. Geith...

Given the evidence that swine flu originates from " the fecal mire of an industrial pigsty, " in Mike Davis's memorable phrasi...

"Oskar Morgenstern, who along with Albert Einstein was to serve as one of his two witnesses at the proceedings, reports that Godel had ...

[Note: This is a short description of my dissertation project. The full version--too long to post--can be downloaded here. I'm happy to...

My chapbook, Desequencer , is now available from TAXT . It's free and it features lovely drawings from one of my oldest friends in the w...

[In the form of the inimitable photo-essays of IT ] Bored with the world and its maldistributions, Jane and TK and I drove out to Benicia t...

Please join us on Wednesday, March 4 for an ENGLISH FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENT COLLOQUIUM on Poetry, Entropy and Information. Presentatio...

[This is my contribu tion to Starting Today: Poems for the First 100 Days , Arielle Greenberg and Rachel Zucker's attempt to give new f...

Undergoing stress test . . . please standby.

The Interdisciplinary Marxism Working Group Presents Crisis, Contradiction, Contestation: Postwar Economy and Culture March 6 ...

[I'm going to have to miss this event tomorrow, but I was at the action in front of Martha and Eddie Daniels's house earlier this mo...

I take as particularly auspicious (in a good way) the combustion of this hotel at the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. The hotel i...

My son is a huge fan of the president. Indeed, Obama is incredibly popular among the pre-K set here in Berkeley. Obama has magical powers, a...

I'll have an exhibit based on my TAXT chapbook, Desequencer, at this event. The chapbook has been delayed a bit, and won't be ready ...

[I'm not quite sure why we'll be wearing masks. Is it a counterpoint to all the facey-face of the MLA? But if Laura says masks, the...

Noah turned five on Tuesday. It's impossible to believe that Anna and I have survived parenthood this long; impossible, too, to imagine ...

La-Bas: "The halls rose in a pyramid, becoming even more beautiful as one mounted towards the apex, and representing more beautiful wor...

Surely, in the good state of California, we can note, now that Gov. Schwarzenegger has declared the imminence of a "financial armageddo...

for DZ Brazil, classicist extraordinaire You know what...

Sunday, December 14th, 2008 in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni press presents Kevin Killian & Stephanie Young and the relea...

Many of you have no doubt already seen this, but it bears widespread linkification . I love The Yes Men so much it’s not funny. In particul...