“Nothing—not even the US Army—more threatens the future of a democratic, pluralistic and (dare we wish, secular) Iraq than the political ascendancy of Islamic fascists like Al Sadr.” WarPoliticsUnited StatesDemocracyIslamIraqFascismSecularismIraq WarPluralismIslamismUnited States ArmyMahdi ArmyMuqtada Al Sadr Author:Marc Cooper
“I go to Las Vegas--or at least I went to Las Vegas--because even though I knew everything that was sinister, calculating, and evil about it, I loved Las Vegas. Only in Vegas could I dare to fantasize that I was a Friend of Frank. Or that I was throwing the dice at Dino's favorite table. Or that I might luck out and sip bourbon with Rickles after his last lounge show. The D.I. oozed that kind of heady fantasy.” KindShowsMightLastsEvilFantasyTablesLuckDareThrowingFrankVegasLas VegasSinisterDiceCalculatingBourbon Author:Marc Cooper
“Las Vegas is perhaps the most color-blind, class-free place in America. As long as your cash or credit line holds out, no one gives a damn about your race, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, address, family lineage, voter registration or even your criminal arrest record. Money is the great leveler.” GivingLongAmericaLinesRaceClassRecordsColorBlindGenderCreditCriminalsDamnAddressesVotersCashVegasLas VegasOrientationLineageRegistrationVoter Registration Author:Marc Cooper
“Vegas is purposefully constructed as a self-enclosed and isolated biosphere, sort of what a recreational colony built on the moon might be like.” SelfMightMoonBuiltIsolatedVegasLas VegasColonyBiosphere Author:Marc Cooper
“Psychotherapy -- A long, drawn out process consisting of subtle probings of the human mind, whereby women are blamed for all of Freud's shortcomings.” MindHumansLongProcessSubtleHuman MindShortcomingsPsychotherapyProbing Author:Marc Cooper
“After the confetti is swept and the champagne bottles are tossed a more sober reality will take hold. Not just that her net gain of delegates this week will be, at most, in the single digits. But worse. There is no plausible scenario in which Clinton can win the nomination. At least not democratically.” RealityWinningWeekGainsClintonBottlesSoberScenariosChampagneNominationsPlausibleDelegatesConfetti Author:Marc Cooper
“Could there possibly have been an incumbent more easy to knock-off than George W. Bush? A real-life opposition party would have been insulted to be matched with a such an unworthy and frail rival. The Democrats, by contrast, got their lights punched out.” Has BeensRealLightPoliticsEasyPartyDemocratReal LifeOppositionContrastRivalsUnworthyFrailInsultedMatchedIncumbentsOpposition Parties Author:Marc Cooper
