Patriarch to continent., Simon Critchley, places the beginning of politics-proper in the feeling of disappointment; similarly, philosophy for him (and Alain Badiou) begins in nihilism, which is not exactly conterminous with disappointment, but which is certainly mixing in the same zone. The spirit of Algiers began in disappointment, and perhaps a dose of nihilism, about [...]
When Osama bin Laden was executed on May 2, 2011, the biggest shock to the world was his abode. Contrary to popular belief, he was not holed up in a cave but living rather comfortably in a resort-like fortress. If we were shown an aerial view of his compound, and did not know that it [...]
As if irony has built-up over the last decade, the recent Republican Presidential Debate was held in the Reagan Library. There eight candidates stood at their podiums slightly beneath and behind the tail of Reagan’s Air Force One. How is it that the image of a suspended plane in a building comes so close to [...]