I didn’t plan to write several posts on the theme of family, but themes sometimes take on a life of their own. This morning, I was glued to a Today Show segment produced by Max Paul, who set out on a rescue mission to bring his Aunt Andree back to the United States. [...]
The one criticism I have for the “defenders of free speech” in the culture wars is that the so-called “in touch,” sophisticated, smart people don’t know how to talk to people who disagree with them on specific cultural issues - meaning civil dialogue. I’m not saying it’s easy on either side. But [...]
You know, I kind of regret that I didn’t listen to the President’s weekly radio address. Somehow I thought it was more about tradition and ceremony than policy. Like the national tree lighting at the White House. My bad. But then there was never any big promotion campaign or a heads up [...]
About two years ago I had the fortune of meeting and getting to know Byron Hurt while organizing our local Community Cinema screenings of his documentary “Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes.” Byron has been exploring a topic that’s always fascinated the wannabe anthropologist in me: masculinity.
Byron’s got a new conversation [...]
If anyone understood the American working man or woman it was Studs Terkel. He listened and talked with them. Didn’t matter who they were, what they did, famous, infamous, or just another face in the crowd. The author, journalist, activist, historian, and radio host died today at the age of 96. [...]
If I were stranded on an island today, I would want these three books at my side:
The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Build, or Manage a Business by Martha Stewart
Meditations of the Heart by Howard Thurman (a collection of meditations and prayers)
And Taking On the System: Rules for [...]
FYI: Spew cue at 3:15 into video.
Maybe tomorrow I’ll switch topic to cupcakes.
If Bulwinkle and Rocky were a commentary on the Cold War when moose and squirrell debuted on national TV in 1959, then what was Woody Allen thinking in 1965? And now forty three years later we have the debut of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin who “can see Russia from my house” per the Tina [...]
I couldn’t have said [this, then] this better myself.
“There’s no news here.” That’s what I heard from a local television producer while I was hydrating myself at the Starbucks counter in downtown Denver. For me, that’s true. I haven’t watched any TV, radio or even read much news online or on the page since arriving in Denver for the DNC [...]
