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Thoughts On A Human Re-Creation Of The Berlin Wall
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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As You Age, Time Turns Off The Lights
November 19, 2009 Commentator Andrei Codrescu says bulbs have been dimming, and he's not talking about flower bulbs. It's more like time has been putting out lights. He says when you're 20, you think the future is so bright you're immortal and you need sunglasses. But when you're 60, he says, you're looking forward to retiring and getting to that martini beach in the neon light you can't see your wrinkles by.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
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Bombing Moon Gives New Meaning To Lunatics
October 9, 2009 In response to NASA putting a spent rocket part on a collision course with the moon in search of water, commentator Andrei Codrescu asks whom the moon belong to anyway. They used to call the mentally ill lunatics, but Codrescu says he now wonders who the real lunatics are.
Monday, September 21, 2009
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Andrei Codrescu: Growing Up The IPod Way
September 21, 2009 When commentator Andrei Codrescu's iPod died, he borrowed his wife's. But each of the songs on his iPod came with a memory. When he put his wife's music in his ears, he experienced a strange sensation: He started to remember her life.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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Internet's History As Tracked By Codrescu
September 2, 2009 Commentator Andrei Codrescu recounts the entire history of the Internet, from 40 years ago, when UCLA made the first connection between two computers, up until now — in places that parallel his own life.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
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Award The Birther Movement
August 6, 2009 To the Oscars, the Grammys and the Emmys, you can now add a wonderful new distinction: the Dobbies. Andrei Codrescu says the Southern Poverty Law Center's award, named for CNN's Lou Dobbs, should go to the "birther" movement.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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Will Economy Push Californians Back To Midwest?
July 22, 2009 The Great Depression sent millions of dispossessed Midwesterners toward California's promise. Andrei Codrescu says now that the Golden State is selling off furniture signed by its movie-star governor to raise money, he's sure a reverse migration is on the way.
Friday, July 03, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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Issues Are Similar, But Iran And Tiananmen Differ
June 17, 2009 The streets of Tehran look much like the streets of Tiananmen Square in 1989. Some of the issues are the same, but this is 2009, and the stakes are both different and higher. Now, the whole world is watching, listening and hearing the events unfold.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
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Pondering Google, Facebook And Wasting Time
June 2, 2009 Commentator Andrei Codrescu complains about Google and Facebook, and how people ask him things they could look up themselves on Google. He finds Facebook a waste of time — and Google an alien force worthy of fear.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
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Looking To A Post-Human Future
May 6, 2009 To Andrei Codrescu, being "post-human" means transitioning to a new kind of animal, a wired, connected and, hopefully, less arrogant creature that might use its successful tools to rejoin the nature humans have nearly eliminated.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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Pirates, Real And Phony
April 23, 2009 With much help from Hollywood, we tend to glorify old-style pirates. Commentator Andrei Codrescu wonders if someday in the distant future we will treat terrorists with similar affection.
Monday, April 06, 2009
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Tear Down Caribbean Berlin Wall: End Cuba Embargo
April 6, 2009 President Obama has a historic opportunity to erase the unfair division of our Caribbean Berlin Wall. Lifting the travel ban is a good first step, but let's get rid of the whole embargo. It's time for real people to come first, politics second.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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A Way To Save Economy: No-Theft Day
March 25, 2009 Commentator Andrei Codrescu proposes a Theft-Free Day to solve the nation's economic crisis. He adds that the holiday will only work if it is observed by big thieves, not just small fry. He says the flow of unfilched cash will boost the economy.
