No whimsical commentary today. Along with 13 other people, Aaron Shuman, with whom I collaborated at Bad Subjects as a co-editor and co-director, begins a 4-month prison sentence today for protesting against the United States’ sponsorship of torture in other countries. Read my Bad Subjects editorial here.
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
Almost a week has gone by and there’s no report from the provinces; will we lose the colony?
And I’m still not caught up on other people’s blogs. Guess that’s what happens when you have a party and don’t work on the weekend. It’s been a great but busy week, including three nights out (though last night was spontaneous). Movie nite featured Be Cool which ought to have been entitled Be Lame. The …
Misc.
and I don’t mean McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. –Last night we threw a party for the ages. It was outstanding, massive and eminently positive. I am a little woozy today but in that good way that one is. As I said to Carrie, “I am quite pleased with us.” Our new friends …
History Question
So I read this book review over at salon.com on the forced removal of the acadians by the British, and it raises some interesting questions. If you’re talking about the land that now makes up the Maritimes during the 1500s-1700s, is that “Canadian history” or “American History” or something else? There were the usual range …
Caught Up
…which means I can now get back to blogging my life. I’ve got a short entry on Ward Churchill and the right wing attack on tenure in the US over at the Bad Subjects blog, which will do for now.
Now Available in Tampa
We’ve been in Tampa for two days now, and it’s definitely a southern “new” city. The conference hotel, like the Jungian archetypal conference hotel, is located near nothing of great significance, and extorts its residents for meals, coffee, etc. As the faculty spouse, I have studiously avoided the conference, opting instead for the vacation-ritual of …
Fish Mistaken for Sharks
Among our activities yesterday, we went on a “BayWalk” which is nothing like Baywatch but reminds me of those patches of restored prairie in the Midwest. Basically, the concept is that the island’s natural habitat has been completely destroyed over the course of 100 years of development, so now they’re working to bring some of …