I’m still mulling over my Wednesday blog post on the state of education, provoked in part by the comments others have left on Fred‘s and Joanne‘s blog posts about Waiting for Superman (see also the article by John Heilemann). I left two more comments on Fred’s post – which now has 331 comments. Every time […]
Two of my favorite bloggers – Fred Wilson and Gotham Gal (aka Joanne Wilson) – already posted today about Davis Guggenheim‘s latest documentary, Waiting for Superman, and, since the film addresses a topic – namely, education – that I was knee-deep in for the longest time, I posted a couple of comments on their sites. […]
I would love to see this film: Resisting Paradise (2003) by Barbara Hammer. A still: . A snippet of description: Resisting Paradise is a 16mm experimental documentary that explores the relationship between art and politics through a juxtaposition of the work of French painters Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard with interviews with French WWII resistance […]
We do things differently here on the Canadian We(s)t Coast than we did back East in New England, that’s for sure. After a night of relentless rain that followed an already cooling Sunday, we woke up this morning to a Labor Day (ok, Labour Day) sodden with all the signs of autumn. It rained throughout […]
Op-Ed Columnist – The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party – NYTimes.com Yes, how is Obama fighting against these guys? QUOTE When wolves of Murdoch’s ingenuity and the Kochs’ stealth have been at the door of our democracy in the past, Democrats have fought back fiercely. Franklin Roosevelt’s triumphant 1936 re-election campaign pummeled the Liberty League […]
I spent the last 36 hours traveling to and from Vancouver, taking the daughter back to UBC. She volunteered to help orient incoming new students, which meant that she got to check in a day early. Nice. Very low-key move-in, no stress. The weather was fantastic – we made a reservation for the noon ferry […]
It’s my wedding anniversary today, but since we’re busy getting ready to take the daughter back to UBC tomorrow (she volunteered to welcome new students, therefore has to be there on Friday 9/3) it’s another ordinary day (scrambling!) around here. Tomorrow I’ll be in Vancouver, though – hoping to take in some exhibits at the […]
Three articles popped up on my radar in the last few days. I got the impression there is a connection between them – all three chronicle a kind of hijacking of democracy and – dare I say it? – meritocracy in favor of expedience and will to power. Prepare to be disposable, they seem to […]