November 2006 - The American Mag

Draft

By Christopher P. Winner | November 28th, 2006

Iraq is the first American war whose casualties threaten neither government leadership nor siphon from the ruling class.

A homeless bum is far more than that in Alexander Masters' hands. But that doesn't save him.

"You have all these syndicated shows about doctors and cops and lawyers, and we were thinking: Isn't it our turn?"

I manage anger; I am sensitive; I train others to kneel. My faith is yours, an adaptation.

Though out of his element in Iran, Kapuscinksi still makes the 1978 fall of the shah into unforgettable history.

Saddam Hussein’s inevitable death sentence comes as Nero fiddles.

Viet Nam gets sensual treatment in Marguerite Duras' highly personal story of an adolescent love affair.

Meeting "another man" can spark all kinds of relationship speculation.

Cats represent the single life. To hypothesize, cats are like the newly single person.

When I'm feeling bad, I just remember the best Milan things, including bats and trams...

Home is where I've had a mailing address. A bungalow in Karachi, a flat in Dubai, a West Village walk-up.

Nabokov's Appalachian tall tale tears academia to shreds, and provides the meaning of "crapula" ...