Saturday, July 05, 2003

Why Did We Go To War? Norman Mailer—always fascinating in his prime if sometimes off-the-wall and over the top-- has a piece on why we went to war in Iraq (New York Review of Books, July 15. Perhaps I’m now as off-the-wall as he—since the piece makes a great deal of sense. . .     5:35:12 PM    comment []

Goldilocks and the Three Whatevers My adolescent/adult life appears to have three stages: - -       figuring out who I am and who I want to be - -   struggling with the contradictions and challenges of who I am and who I want to be ---   abandoning the struggle and going gentle into that good night. I believe I’ve arrived at stage 3. 5:09:31 PM    comment []