Election 2008 – ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY

Dance Fever: Obama, McCain, and Palin work it right out

This is my last post for a couple of weeks at least, but I had to put this up before going. The recent U.S. elections were a unique experience for me, from the media vantage point. I neither relied on cable television (to which I no longer subscribe), nor the usual PBS-ABC-NBC-CBS news talk shows, […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Yes You Can. Yes You Did.

What a night. I am happy to have been alive to see this. Right now a million people packed into a park in Chicago await the arrival of Barack Obama, the next president of the United States. John McCain finished speaking a few minutes ago. In part because the competing sides that dominated the election […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Panic about the world ending on Nov. 4, 2008

I am very grateful for the efforts of many Americans who have tried to make this a much more interesting election than it really should be. Marshall Sahlins should be delighted to see two of his most favoured concepts, continuity and change, appear with such regular emphasis in the campaign narratives. I suspect that a […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Pranksters, Jokers, Clowns … True Believers

Another installment of Monday Morning Madness, featuring three short comical videos dealing with the U.S. elections that are about to conclude — finally, at long last. The last video might add some perspective to these elections. No matter who wins, I worry. In the meantime, a few more laughs: Montreal’s involvement in the U.S. elections: […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

One More Scholar to Bash…on the Way to the Dustbin!

The good part about being publicly demonized by the likes of John McCain is that it reaffirms your value and relevance as a scholar. In other words, McCain makes you look good. No flattery is intended, he would have made you look good anyway, pretty well by virtue of the fact that he is John […]