In the 12 May issue, Christian Parenti trots out the old case against nuclear power. To claims familiar since the 70’s Parenti adds reports of the unpopularity of nuclear power and the consequences of that unpopularity. Alex Cockburn quotes a RAND study suggesting that the rate of US casualties in Iraq is 101,000 killed or wounded per year.
The highlight of the 26 May issue is a review essay about Knut Hamsun, prompted by a recent series of translations of his early novels. Benjamin Lytal argues that the heart of Hamsun’s early worldview was his rejection of social responsibility, his extreme subjectivism and individualism. This same solipsism, Lytal suggests, accounts for Hamsun’s pro-Nazi stand in later life. Unwilling to pay attention to more than one person at a time, Hamsun felt quite happy with a regime that put all power in the hands of one person. Hostile to everyone other than himself, he could support boundless violence against any group of people who differed from him in background.
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/ June 9, 2008Hmmm: Nothing here about Iron Man. I’m not really qualified to comment on anything except Iron Man. But on nuclear power: I do wonder why some people pronounce the word “nuclear” as nuke-yoo-lurr. And what about, for that matter, “February” and “sherbet.” In one people tend to drop the r; in the other they tend to add an extra r. I guess.
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/ September 28, 2008There’s now something about Iron Man on the blog- see https://losthunderlads.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/chronicles-magazine-june-july-august-2008/