Mike Pilewski writes about life, politics and culture in the United States
Yesterday’s news in the publishing business met with shock and horror. One of America’s most respected newspapers, The Washington Post, was being sold. Newspapers and publishing houses tend to be started by individuals, then handed down to their descendants. So to someone in the business, selling such a company would be like selling one of his own children. The natural … >>
The word of the moment is “occupy”. It means so many useful things. You can ask someone: “Is this seat occupied?”, meaning “Is someone sitting here?” Rooms in a hotel can be occupied (meaning used or inhabited), as can office space in a building: “The Pilewski Tower has 70 percent occupancy.” You can be occupied, meaning you have something to … >>
It’s sobering to realize that eight years have passed since New York and Washington, DC, were attacked on September 11, 2001. Something that happened that long ago, and is already the subject of numerous documentaries, is history. The more time passes, the more the official version of events is accepted, and the less plausible any alternative version becomes. This fact … >>