Above: one of Beatty's finest moments.
Isn't this part of year just the fucking worst?
Perry Anderson has contributed to the November/December issue of New Left Review, offering "jottings" on the myriad "deep structural changes in the world economy and in international affairs" that we've seen and lived through since September, 2001. Anderson, with a scope that is all-encompassing, humbly offers his article as mere conjecture, unsystematic analysis that begs further investigation; yet, this is as good a place as any to start poring over our recent and collective nightmares.
Finally, after Ismail Haniya's comments last week in which he expressed willingness to negotiate a temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the NYT reports that Ehud Olmert has refused to enter into any such negotiations. Taking center-stage in the article, however, is the recent Israeli move to submit a budget approval for almost 750 apartments in the illegal settlements of Har Homa and Maale Adumin. Even darling Condi, it seems, isn't so into this recent development, coming as it does just days before the second meeting between Israeli and Palestinian officials since the Annapolis conference...
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