“The Republican Plan….Die Quickly”
I do believe the Democrats have finally found the words in what’s — like it or not — a bipartisan smackdown debate on health care reform….at least something as catchy as “death panels” thanks to Representative Alan Grayson of FL.
Will “Die Quickly” stick? Republican members requested an apology from Rep. Grayson. [...]
If trees would talk
wonder what they’d tell me
Nikki Giovanni - “Alabama Poem”
Ken Burns is certainly going to try to give nature a voice in his latest epic 6-part mini-series The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. Last night (Sunday) was the premiere on PBS. Ten hours left. No better time [...]
Excuse me while I digress for a moment but….
Does this look like a set from a James Bond movie or what??? Who’s holding the laser pointer? This is the “conference room” for the G20 Summit inside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. The Center is the first and largest certified “green” [...]
Message from Thomas Sayers Ellis. See you September 30th
TOWARDS A MORE CIVIL UNION - JIM LEACH, CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
“In our society we rightly identify hate words with racial, ethnic, and gender slurs. What are we therefore to make of the usage or what more aptly might be described as [...]
I suppose there’s a good reason why the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation avoids calling their Fellows Program “Genius Grants.” Geniuses constantly have to prove themselves. Fellows still have room to grow.
Today the MacArthur Foundation announced their 2009 Fellows in science and the arts. The Fellows are recommended and selected by [...]
The Independent Television Service announced their new host for the 2009-2010 season of the PBS documentary series “Independent Lens.”
Actor Maggie Gyllenhaal follows Terrence Howard (who hosted for two seasons) to introduce the televised and Community Cinema presentations of “Indpendent Lens” documentaries. It was such big news even Perez Hilton posted it.
Most recently, [...]
President Obama references his Wall Street speech (September 14) about regulating risk and profits, and establishing new rules to protect consumers. Some of last night’s pundit chatter predicted behavior hasn’t and won’t change on Wall Street knowing that the government is always there to bail them out. Should we call it the [...]
When DC artists come home for one of the city’s 3-H summers (hot, hazy and humid), you gotta jump on them and ask, “Why?” It’s like following Harriet Tubman south instead of north. That’s not the pattern for a DC born artist. “Go to New York, LA, Europe. Come back when [...]
If you haven’t figured it out already, the 916 was created for this day. It’s a this blogger’s birthday, it’s also Mexican Independence Day, it’s Hispanic Heritage Month. Last night I had the distinct honor and pleasure to say to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor that at the moment we shook hands [...]
An opportunity to see the artistic process that was Michael Jackson — how he worked, the vision in putting together a major show? I’ll take that over a “Behind the Music” or “A&E” biography anytime.
I suppose THIS IS IT is intended to be a posthumous last dance for MJ? “Or Is [...]
