In 1990, the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (“Seven Samuri,” “Rashomon,” “Ran,” ) wrote and directed a series of short films based on his own dreams. “Mount Fuji in Red” is one of the “dream tales.” In our real and present world news reports say the earthquake crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant reactor is leaking radioactive [...]
I’ve always known Tracye as a vegan, health educator, and one of the most attractive energetic, and positive people you’ll meet in the capital city. As an omnivore, I credit Tracye’s pluses to her choices and priorities especially when it comes to food. I was honored when Tracye asked me to host her book launch [...]
Not quite what you may think. This weekend, we’ve got films that will inspire you to get your hands in the dirt. ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL’S HEALTHY FOOD MOVIE Yesterday was the opening of the fourth (Thursday, November 4), the Alexandria [Virginia] Film Festival. Sunday it’s the Healthy Food Alexandria Event with food samples from local [...]
I, too, run after the earth as it disappears beneath my feet. I, too, mourn machines moving over her face without empathy or love of her. – Alice Walker (Kojo Nnamdi Show, September 28, 2010) The President’s weekly focused on clean energy jobs and plans to move forward on a “new type of power plant” [...]
When the President shared his unfavorable opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission case during his January state-of-the-Union address (the US Supreme Court decided 5-4 in favor of Citizens United), he got a visible tisk-tisk from Chief Justice John Roberts for admonishing the Court, and some flack from the [...]
107 days later, BP has declared a “desired outcome.” It appears the blown out oil well has been plugged up with the “static kill,” a procedure of pumping heavy mud and cement into a well and sealing it at least for the foreseeable future. BP hit another milestone before recent developments — stopping the largest [...]
I actually took some time today to see how stocks were performing. Last week, the President signed the Wall Street reform legislation into law. One thing that’s interesting about Wall Street, uncertainty and the unknown creeps them out more so than reform and regulation etc. Once they know what it is, put a dollar figure [...]
Van Jones was one of my Community Organizer Hall of Famers. Still is. Van Jones spoke at Netroots Nation Friday morning in Las Vegas. Jones was another Obama administration casualty of “gotcha” right wing media. He resigned from his post as White House Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation after his signature was [...]
The New York Times has a handy oil spill tracker on-line. This is useful for making vacation plans if you’re considering a coastal retreat in the eastern U.S. . If only the pelicans, whales and dolphins could read it. Where is their Harriet Tubman? The spill is approaching being the largest oil disaster in the [...]
President Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office tomorrow (Tuesday) following a two-day visit to the Gulf region (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida). The trip to the Gulf will be the President’s fourth since the tragic BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
