Bill Moyers on Media Reform

Jun
9
08

I first learned of Bill Moyers while I was in school for journalism back in Canada. A classmate of mine lent me the book version of his rather famous interview series with Joseph Campbell entitled “The Power of Myth”.
In the years since I’ve watched a handful of his numerous interviews and I have to say [...]

Must see: Hacking Democracy

May
28
08

Just got finished watching Hacking Democracy, a documentary exposing the vulnerabilities and errors rampant in electronic voting machines.
For all its attempts to be shocking (a la Michael Moore), the film is a bit more subdued in its point - but all the better for it.
Hacking Democracy tells the story of essentially one lady, Bev Harris, [...]

Suzhou Bookworm’s East & West Music Fest

May
8
08

I swear, this town gets a little bit more livable every day.
I mean, we’ve got an Irish Pub that serves Guinness on tap, we’ve got one, two, three places that I can get a taco, we’ve a cafe/bookshop/lending library loaded to the rafters with English-language books, we’ve got an English-language movie cinema playing Iron Man, [...]

A little acceptance we could all learn from

Apr
15
08

My mom sent me the following in an e-mail, and I couldn’t help but wonder: If the three of them can get along without killing one another, what are the Tibetans, Hans and Uighurs doing wrong? (or the Christians, Jews and Muslims for that matter).
This is a video of a homeless man in Santa Barbara [...]

Why jocks shouldn’t write politics or culture

Apr
9
08

Alright, I’ve shared my criticisms of Beijing getting the Olympics and how they have grossly failed to meet the standards to which they agreed upon when first winning the bid, but holy fuck, please tell me America that this this Bible-dribbling, fact-passing, jock-itch of a moron isn’t speaking for the rest of you.
From his recent [...]