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dear friends,
item1.
in an interview with nytimes.com books editor bill goldstein , the historian
bernard lewis discussed his "what went wrong? western impact and middle east
response" and made an argument for a case of envy by the middle east of
western advances and culture. i envied his insight as he gave as examples
how the middle east lost its historic advantage in the development of coffee
and sugar cane agriculture when the western nations figured out how to grow
these "...in their plantations abroad." ...beautiful!! i wondered why he left
out egyptian cotton and the american plantations or was that not "just as
evil" slavery...i envy his acumen. given my envious nature, i am relieved he
is not a pianist, after all, as the sagacious dr.freud said, " ....a cigar is
just a cigar".
item 2.
the great grantland rice immortalized in american sports lore the backfield
of the great notre dame football team of the 20's as the " four horsemen of
the apocalypse". sadly we now return that allusion to john and to its proper
biblical imperative:
the four horsemen are alive , unwell and "just as evil" in washington,
dc....in happier times i could easily and poetically parody all four as we
have come to know them well: BUSH, CHENEY, RUMSFELD, RICE. i would then laugh
...i, instead, am afraid.
my best,
tony
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