Posts Tagged 'Douglas Anthony Cooper'
The NRA’s “Slippery Slope” Lie
The NRA’s famed slippery slope argument is entirely valid. Nobody seems to have noticed, however, that the slope is tilted in the opposite direction. Give the gun lobby a millimeter, and they’ll slide a mile. more »
The NRA’s “Slippery Slope” Lie
The NRA’s famed slippery slope argument is entirely valid. Nobody seems to have noticed, however, that the slope is tilted in the opposite direction. Give the gun lobby a millimeter, and they’ll slide a mile. more »
This Is What You Take to a Gun Fight
The NRA has done the nation a tremendous service by rating politicians. The most manly — which is to say, the most servile — earn a solid A. Those most resistant to lockstep loyalty earn an F. more »
This Is What You Take to a Gun Fight
The NRA has done the nation a tremendous service by rating politicians. The most manly — which is to say, the most servile — earn a solid A. Those most resistant to lockstep loyalty earn an F. more »
What Is it About Animal Rights That Brings Out the Worst in People?
Animal rights activists, opposed to the No Kill movement, recently threatened to kill Nathan Winograd’s beloved pet dog. The threat appeared on a Facebook page entitled “I Hate Dog Breeders.”
Nathan Winograd is of course the leading voice for the No Kill movement. more »
What Is it About Animal Rights That Brings Out the Worst in People?
Animal rights activists, opposed to the No Kill movement, recently threatened to kill Nathan Winograd’s beloved pet dog. The threat appeared on a Facebook page entitled “I Hate Dog Breeders.”
Nathan Winograd is of course the leading voice for the No Kill movement. more »
Milrose Munce & The Plague of Toxic Fungus
VOLUME TWO in the Epic Milrose Chronicle Saga in Many Volumes
Milrose Munce & The Plague of Toxic Fungus
VOLUME TWO in the Epic Milrose Chronicle Saga in Many Volumes
PETA’s “Thank You” for Killing Shelter Pets
When the No Kill shelter in Shelby County, Kentucky, recently announced that they had run out of space — and were hence going to have to start killing healthy dogs and cats — officials received a nice basket of gourmet cookies, with a note signed by PETA: “Thank you for doing the right thing for animals.”
Surely I’m joking here. more »
PETA’s “Thank You” for Killing Shelter Pets
When the No Kill shelter in Shelby County, Kentucky, recently announced that they had run out of space — and were hence going to have to start killing healthy dogs and cats — officials received a nice basket of gourmet cookies, with a note signed by PETA: “Thank you for doing the right thing for animals.”
Surely I’m joking here. more »
Amnesia: A Novel
SHORTLISTED for the WH Smith Award, longlisted for the Commonwealth Prize
Ingrid Newkirk: The Empress of Extinction
(The second part of an exposé of PETA’s mass butchery of healthy pets.)
How does a saint become a butcher?
I am convinced that Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of PETA (“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals”) was once a good person. more »
Ingrid Newkirk: The Empress of Extinction
(The second part of an exposé of PETA’s mass butchery of healthy pets.)
How does a saint become a butcher?
I am convinced that Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of PETA (“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals”) was once a good person. more »
Vicky Cristina Malia Oaxaca (What the President’s Daughter Was REALLY Doing in Mexico)
There are so many reasons to criticize President Obama’s decision to allow his daughter to spend her spring break down Mexico way in the city of Oaxaca. Some of these reasons are depressingly ignorant, but others are refreshingly stupid. more »
Vicky Cristina Malia Oaxaca (What the President’s Daughter Was REALLY Doing in Mexico)
There are so many reasons to criticize President Obama’s decision to allow his daughter to spend her spring break down Mexico way in the city of Oaxaca. Some of these reasons are depressingly ignorant, but others are refreshingly stupid. more »
Celebrities Getting Naked in the Name of Euthanasia
(The first part of an exposé of PETA’s mass butchery of healthy pets.)
A celebrity is at her most vulnerable when naked. This is when she is least likely to make sensible decisions. more »
Celebrities Getting Naked in the Name of Euthanasia
(The first part of an exposé of PETA’s mass butchery of healthy pets.)
A celebrity is at her most vulnerable when naked. This is when she is least likely to make sensible decisions. more »
Milrose Munce & The Den of Professional Help
VOLUME ONE in the Epic Milrose Chronicle Saga in Many Volumes
Milrose Munce & The Den of Professional Help
VOLUME ONE in the Epic Milrose Chronicle Saga in Many Volumes
Canada the Weird
(INITIALLY PUBLISHED in Travel+Leisure Magazine, this feature won the Lowell Thomas Gold Medal from the Society of American Travel Writers, and was republished by Pico Iyer in The Best American Travel Writing 2004.)
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I have made a career out of not enjoying Canada. more »
Canada the Weird
(INITIALLY PUBLISHED in Travel+Leisure Magazine, this feature won the Lowell Thomas Gold Medal from the Society of American Travel Writers, and was republished by Pico Iyer in The Best American Travel Writing 2004.)
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I have made a career out of not enjoying Canada. more »
Should a Novelist Feel Bitter Losing to Stephen King? Not Really.
(THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 2000. They wanted to know what it felt like to have Stephen King make a fortune on an idea which had originally been mine, and upon which I had famously not made a fortune. more »
Should a Novelist Feel Bitter Losing to Stephen King? Not Really.
(THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 2000. They wanted to know what it felt like to have Stephen King make a fortune on an idea which had originally been mine, and upon which I had famously not made a fortune. more »
The Plot Thickens
AN INTERVIEW with Novelist Douglas Anthony Cooper.
(This dialogue was published in Architecture magazine, which is no longer with us. The piece never appeared online. I did not own a copy for years, but I recently stumbled over this transcript: the conversation looks a bit quaint, in this century, but it’s a nice time capsule.)
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The few architects we find in popular fiction are predictably likable. more »
The Plot Thickens
AN INTERVIEW with Novelist Douglas Anthony Cooper.
(This dialogue was published in Architecture magazine, which is no longer with us. The piece never appeared online. I did not own a copy for years, but I recently stumbled over this transcript: the conversation looks a bit quaint, in this century, but it’s a nice time capsule.)
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The few architects we find in popular fiction are predictably likable. more »
The Budget Audiophile, Rolling Stone (2001)
(THIS REPRESENTS rank consumerism, but also haute geekery; I’ve always been proud of it. It was long lost, until a discerning blogger/pirate posted it, and I stole it back. more »
The Budget Audiophile, Rolling Stone (2001)
(THIS REPRESENTS rank consumerism, but also haute geekery; I’ve always been proud of it. It was long lost, until a discerning blogger/pirate posted it, and I stole it back. more »
When Good Bloggers Pimp Bad Science (No, We Don’t Need to “Study” Race and IQ)
IF A THEORY is too ugly to float across the table at a dinner party, it probably doesn’t merit the cover of a respectable magazine. One of the low points in mainstream American journalism was October 31, 1994, when The New Republic decided that it would be a good idea to devote the journal briefly to the promotion of racism. more »
When Good Bloggers Pimp Bad Science (No, We Don’t Need to “Study” Race and IQ)
IF A THEORY is too ugly to float across the table at a dinner party, it probably doesn’t merit the cover of a respectable magazine. One of the low points in mainstream American journalism was October 31, 1994, when The New Republic decided that it would be a good idea to devote the journal briefly to the promotion of racism. more »
Sorry, Dr. King Did Not Consider You An Enlightened Anti-Zionist. Deal With It.
IT IS PAINFUL to be called an anti-Semite by a deceased saint. Yet the dead speak, even when we wish they’d keep their thoughts to themselves. There is a tremendous effort to deny that Martin Luther King ever said these words: “When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. more »
Sorry, Dr. King Did Not Consider You An Enlightened Anti-Zionist. Deal With It.
IT IS PAINFUL to be called an anti-Semite by a deceased saint. Yet the dead speak, even when we wish they’d keep their thoughts to themselves. There is a tremendous effort to deny that Martin Luther King ever said these words: “When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. more »
And if Elected, I Do Solemnly Swear to Commit War Crimes
Now that candidates can run respectably on a platform of torture, how long before we see a frontrunner advocating slavery? Surely everything’s open for reconsideration. It’s time to retire an inconvenient prejudice: that America’s progress should be in a forward direction. more »
And if Elected, I Do Solemnly Swear to Commit War Crimes
Now that candidates can run respectably on a platform of torture, how long before we see a frontrunner advocating slavery? Surely everything’s open for reconsideration. It’s time to retire an inconvenient prejudice: that America’s progress should be in a forward direction. more »
Occupy Conservatism
THE SANE BURKEAN impulse when it comes to the Occupy movement is nervousness (in anticipation of Terror). If there were the slightest possibility of these protests resulting in actual regime change, believe me: I would be standing at the barricades with the Tea Party, polishing my retro musket. more »
Occupy Conservatism
THE SANE BURKEAN impulse when it comes to the Occupy movement is nervousness (in anticipation of Terror). If there were the slightest possibility of these protests resulting in actual regime change, believe me: I would be standing at the barricades with the Tea Party, polishing my retro musket. more »
A Book to Damage Children
While taking the occasional breather from pounding the Worst President Ever, it’s a netroots tradition to promote a book, preferably one’s own. So, having put in my time pounding, I’d like to briefly promote. more »
A Book to Damage Children
While taking the occasional breather from pounding the Worst President Ever, it’s a netroots tradition to promote a book, preferably one’s own. So, having put in my time pounding, I’d like to briefly promote. more »