Dude, where’s my war?

Lou Harrison, an important American composer, who was a sweet gay artist and activist, has died at 85. I had the honor of meeting him and his lover a few years ago.

There are few people one meets that give one the feeling of gentle saintliness. I felt that way when I met him, and I felt that way when I met Paul Cadmus.

Two artists in Nacogdoches create their own memorial to the astronauts.

The reproduction of Picasso’s “Guernica” at the United Nations has been covered up because it was an inappropriate background for the U.S. Ambassador to have while talking about war. See also: NY Times.

Sunday’s NY Times had a column by Thomas Friedman on Iraq/American/Europe that was laughably bad. I can’t believe it even ran. I wanted to write something about it, but Tom Coates at plasticbag.org has done a much better job.

Much of the audience and presenters for the Goyas — Spain’s equivalent of the Oscars — wore anti-war pins.

Ari, who gave Saddam his weapons?

The British Ministry of Defense admits Iraqi water and sanitation systems could be military targets, which would result in a huge humanitarian crisis, and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.

A computer security expert says he’s considering switching from Windows to Mac because Microsoft’s security is so bad.

The Right Wing has been all in a tizzy over ANSWER sponsorhip of anti-war rallies. In short, the argument is that protesters are tacitly endorsing ANSWER’s leninist ideology by attending those rallies.

Well, in that case, VP Cheney endorses the Confederate Flag and thinks Janet Reno is a child butcher. [Daily Kos]