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About Me
- BitterGrace
- TN, United States
- My blogs will tell you everything you want to know, maybe more. If not, send me an email. I don't bite. Usually.
Some of my articles, essays, and interviews
- "Doll in Shadow" (Guernica)
- "Girl, Alone" (Nashville Scene)
- "in Search of Darkness" (NYT)
- "The Humanitarian's Dilemma" (Chapter 16)
- Blas Falconer interview
- Elizabeth Spencer interview
- Haitian Art / Q&A with Madison Smartt Bell
- John Updike interview
- Kay Ryan interview
- Margaret Atwood interview
- Mark Jarman interview
- Molly Peacock interview
- Richard Bausch interview
Followers
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And in case you still haven't had enough of me ...
Labels
- Poetry (369)
- Gallery of Antique Smut (230)
- Unscented reviews (68)
- One Sentence Perfume Reviews (66)
- Perfume (59)
- Bloviations (51)
- Blogging the Madinis (12)
- Poetry for the Dead (9)
- The Creep (9)
- Mystery of Musk (8)
- Monsters (7)
- Nio speaks (7)
- Random Rave (7)
- Real World Perfume (7)
- Beautiful Children (5)
- Hags (5)
- Scent made visible (5)
- Bring Out Your Dead: A Perfume Series (4)
- New Orleans (4)
- New York (4)
- Dolor of Autumn: A Perfume Series (2)
- Introductions (2)
Blog Archive
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June
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- Good news!
- Because we have a reputation to maintain
- When mired in the slough of despond...
- *Robert Pinsky's An Explanation of America
- Another tattoo
- Phydeaux Speaks
- Non-Rarities
- Did I say I was disenchanted with Shakesville.com?
- Happy Solstice!
- Oh, look! It's a perfume post.
- Contradicting my previous post...
- Just 'cause...
- Rail romance
- Since we're wearing the scarlet "P"...
- I'm glad somebody said it
- What a menace
- In the interest of lightening up...
- Ashley Gilbertson
- Sin of omission
- Updates
- In honor of the music of the moment...
- No Toys, Just Sex
- Bruno has left the building
- Killer of Sheep
- What's the news worth to you?
- Phoebe Update: A Casualty
- Will Holshouser Trio
- Join the club
- Pure Self-Indulgence
- The Lonely Guy
- Mad Phoebe Report
- Over at Moving and Shaking...
- Body and Soul
- Just for Mary...
- Got any suggestions for Margot?
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Friends and Fellow Travelers
- Anya's Garden [natural perfumery]
- aromatisches Blog [perfume, of course, in German]
- Cafleurebon [online magazine devoted to perfume]
- Everything is interesting [great writing, a smorgasbord blog]
- Gubbinal ["Literature, cats, knitting,.."]
- Indie Perfumes [perfume and culture]
- Mossyloomings [great 'fume writing and other stuff]
- Notes from the Ledge ["perfume, fresh water, and other indulgences"]
- OlfactaRama [thought-provoking perfume blog]
- olivier Thereaux - Two Neurons and a Camera [original photography, poetry, musings. Go look]
- Perfume Posse [witty perfume criticism]
- Perfume Shrine [perfume for history lovers]
- Perfumum [artful musings on perfume]
- Phydeaux Speaks [politics and life, Carolina style]
- Punk Rock Perfume Party [pithy 'fume reviews, with an attitude]
- Shakesville (Shakespeare's Sister) [politics, etc.]
- Tea, Sympathy, and Perfume [beautifully eclectic]
- The Bleeding Heart Show [politics]
- wood s lot [eclectic, brainy, Canadian]
2 comments:
What bothers me most about US torture practices is the frontal assault Bush is making on the Constitution and our most elemental beliefs in due process for the "detainees." The Supreme Court has rebuffed Bush twice on these issues, but he (read: Cheney and Gonzales) persists in his effort to work outside the law. With weak-livered Republicans in congress unwilling to buck him-- except for a few heroic souls like Olympia Snow and Chuck Hagel--Bush is beyond the electorate's control right now. And that's scary.
Agreed, Bozo--What's even scarier is that the Dem presidential candidates have very little to say about the issue, while Guiliani and Romney are crowing about how they believe in torture and kangaroo courts even more devoutly than Bush & Co.
The abandonment of due process is horrifying, but torture is so debasing to the torturer, so cruel and animalistic, that it bothers me more. Due process can be restored, but the moral stain of torture cannot be eradicated.
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