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Friday, December 11, 2009
The Future Is Now ... And Then
December 11, 2009 Commentator Andrei Codrescu remembers writing fortune cookies for $5 a fortune. The last fortune he received said: "You will know the future in time." Now that it IS the future, he offers this insight: time will make truth irrelevant.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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
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.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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
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
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
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
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.
