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The Theodore Savage book looks interesting Steve. I love the idea of The Madman’s Gallery.
Steve, I'm reading Martin Puchner's book on how literature influenced the world – he does huge sprawling multi-generational reach overviews well. I think you may be in for a pleasant surprise. And he has a good c.v. to back it up.
"Bush was not eager for war…" ARE YOU TAKING THE PROVERBIAL THERE, MR. LEFFLER???
AHEM! Sorry, but I was 21 when the 2 Towers were hit (and 3 buildings came down in their own footprint…but I'll leave that discussion for another day). I remember how all the hallmarks of political manipulation from pressing on the rawness of hurt with promises of retribution, to instilling enough fear into enough citizens to make the "Patriot Act" sound like it wasn't an actual manifestation of fascism (namely the amalgamation of corporatism with bureaucratic power) in order to spy on everyone in the country. And that's even before we get to the part where somehow Saddam Hussein was the bad guy in this whole farce. I'm ashamed to say that our British politicians were right there, hand in hand with the Bush administration, feeding us all lies about "weapons of mass destruction" and paving the way for the second Gulf War.
Sorry, it just makes me angry to this day. Especially when as we start to find ourselves in a digital age of information which makes it a lot harder for this kind of thing to fly under the radar of the average citizen, we're still seeing wars declared and huge defence budgets expand in order to make contractors wealthier and those with connections to the oil industry, even richer. Only now I wonder how the shady miscreants who run the show on both sides of the pond will fully exploit these new carbon policies in wartime situations; with the spoils going to the investors who have the most at stake in environmental fear-porn. These things never really change. It's happened forever and will continue to happen. The only difference is the mechanism the public are sold on…and the amount of blatant lies we're willing to swallow in this age of digital awareness. Plus la change and all that, lol.
Gregory Gallant (born September 16, 1962), better known by his pen name Seth, is a Canadian cartoonist. He is best known for his series Palookaville and his mock-autobiographical graphic novel It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken (1996).
Actually that title for the Bee book could be offensive to many. Why would one alienate like that for a subject that is important for all?