Archive for July 28th, 2009
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Poetry Is Not a Racket
War is a racket. … Out of war a few people make huge fortunes. –Major General Smedley Butler, War Is a Racket, 1935 It’s no revelation to say that we’re a culture obsessed with money. That we can’t do anything unless someone makes a profit. Money corrupts everything it shouldn’t: healthcare, politics, adoptions, war… Sometimes [...]
