Archive for the 'culture' Category

25+1 Most Influential Thinkers - Introduction

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Several years ago I watched a special on, I believe, A & E, documenting who they believed to be the 100 most influential people of the millennium. Lists like those are always controversial - are Spielberg (#91) and Jane Austen (#63) really worthy to be one of the top 100? - and their methods are […]

it’s GOOD

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

Last summer, the Wall Street Journal published an article about a soon to be released magazine. I did not read it. I wish I would have. That September, GOOD Magazine hit the stores on the eve of the US midterm elections. I did not see it in any of my regular stores (ie. Save on […]

we need to re:think

Monday, February 19th, 2007

There is a lot of hoopla out there concerning the use of “Web 2.0″ as a “buzzword”. There is also a lot of dialogue within the philosophic community in regards to the effect that the relations created by community is having on today’s society. Obvious examples comes to mind: Myspace, YouTube, Digg, Del.icio.us, Wikipedia. I […]

buy nothing day

Friday, November 24th, 2006

war in your backyard

Friday, November 24th, 2006

I am not a fan of Michael Moore. Never really have been. But there is one stunt, albeit far-fetched, unfair, and illogical, that stood out in one of his films: Michael Moore tracking down U.S. politicians, trying to get them to sign their kids up for war. Of course this is silly for a multitude […]