There are two ways

There are two ways that you can gain territory from another group. One is by conquest. That’s essentially the way we took California from Mexico and… Texas as well. But what’s going on now may end up being a kind of recolonization of the Southwest, because the other way you can regain territory is by … Read more

…America has enjoyed the

…America has enjoyed the doubtful blessing of a single-track mind. We are able to accommodate, at a time, only one national hero; and we demand that that hero shall be uniform and invincible. As a literate people we are preoccupied, neither with the race nor the individual, but with the type. Yesterday, we romanticized the … Read more

The worst part is

The worst part is that if you become part of a major – all these independent labels become farm teams for your corporate parent. Basically, you do all the work for years, blowing up an artist – you discover them, blow them up, you build their fan base. And then that artist is like, \”Okay, … Read more

In Europe life retreats

In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the source of life, the treacherous sun, and no poetry adorns it because disillusionment cannot be beautiful. Men yearn for poetry though they may not confess it; they desire that joy shall be graceful … Read more