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Pete Souza, White House Flickr stream I don’t know if Obama’s advisors are especially good for this sort of thing, or whether in the 8 years Bush sat in office, using social networking has become par...
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“I have been through hundreds of towns and cities in every climate and against every kind of scenery, and of course they are all different, and the people have points of difference, but in some ways...
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No doubt you’ve heard of all the SOPA protests online today. CNET has a run-down of SOPA and Pro Publica has a page with a list of House Reps by state and their stand on SOPA. You can contact them if...
View ArticleMovies for boys and girls
After contrasting Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz, after explaining the Bechdel test, he cites the stat in the Times that 1/5 US women have reported being sexually assaulted in their lifetimes and...
View ArticleThe Invisible War
And in case you thought those women’s issues were only large in scope in the developing world, take a look at these stats from RAINN and the stories in The Invisible War. (And then in case you wanted...
View ArticleAdams on Meiselas
Susan Meiselas*, Soldiers Searching Bus Passengers The setting of Meiselas’s picture, which suggests a mass grave, seems to be a cut by the side of the road, a ditch. We have looked at many such...
View Articleincome gap
Here is the actual distribution of wealth in the US. The poorest Americans don’t even register; they’re down to pocket change. And the middle class? They’re barely distinguishable from the poor. In...
View Articlehappiness and meaning
It is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to ‘be happy.’ But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to ‘be happy.’ –...
View ArticleTo hell with good intentions
Next to money and guns, the third largest North American export is the US idealist, who turns up in every theater of the world: the teacher, the volunteer, the missionary, the community organizer, the...
View ArticleRe: whining about the art world
I’ve started doing some sniffing around on local collectives and land trusts. I’ll share what I find as it resolves into view more, but for now, an addendum to the student debt situation: the prospect...
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