Tuesday, May 27, 2003
‘Such impossible questions go a long way toward explaining ...’: James Carroll is back to asking questions. Lots of questions. Twenty-two of them before he takes a breather and issues these lines: “Such impossible questions go a long way toward explaining the American mood. We cannot answer them, so we do not ask them, and the emotional weather is lousy.” ... A metaphor for impossible questions? ...
... Believe it or not, James didn’t outdo himself on this one. The column he wrote in April had far more questions -- garnering blogwide notoriety and raising questions about possible punctuation shortages in Boston.
P.S. -- I love the way that last metaphorical clause -- “and the emotional weather is lousy” -- just plunks its way into the thought process. ... Sort of like: “We cannot answer them, so we do not ask them, and my pepperoni pizza is late.” ...
... Believe it or not, James didn’t outdo himself on this one. The column he wrote in April had far more questions -- garnering blogwide notoriety and raising questions about possible punctuation shortages in Boston.
P.S. -- I love the way that last metaphorical clause -- “and the emotional weather is lousy” -- just plunks its way into the thought process. ... Sort of like: “We cannot answer them, so we do not ask them, and my pepperoni pizza is late.” ...
