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≡ Category: Business, Current Affairs, Economics | ≅ 12 Comments
The economic/financial picture is looking ugly once again. Indeed, just yesterday, the most emailed New York Times article warned that the stock market might be on the verge of an epic crash, one that will bring the Dow below 1,000. So how did we wind up in this global credit mess? We’ve heard various explanations, [...]
≡ Category: History | ≅ 5 Comments
This vintage clip brings you the first recorded video (with sound) of Mahatma Gandhi, who led India’s nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule. Shot some time before 1947 (when independence finally came), the video runs a mere four minutes. But it’s enough to show you the serene and fearless determination that made Gandhi such a [...]
≡ Category: Film, Literature | ≅ 4 Comments
Let’s sneak in a quick birthday celebration before the 4th. Franz Kafka was born on this day (July 3), a good 127 years ago. To commemorate the occasion, we’re presenting Piotr Dumala’s 1992 short animated film called, quite simply, Franz Kafka. Dumala’s animation technique grew out of his training as a sculptor, when he started [...]
≡ Category: Music | ≅ 6 Comments
The wheels of justice turn slowly… Jimmy Page performed “Dazed and Confused” with The Yardbirds back in 1968, then immortalized the song with his next band, Led Zeppelin, while also giving himself full writing credit. For almost 42 years, this hasn’t sat particularly well with Jake Holmes, an American folk singer, who first wrote and [...]
≡ Category: Books | ≅ 1 Comment
In 2005, the Sundance Channel aired Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man, a 52 minute documentary that pays homage to the most famous independent bookstore in Paris, Shakespeare and Company. (Watch it in entirety here.) Sylvia Beach first opened a bookshop with that name in 1918, and it soon became a home for artists [...]
≡ Category: Current Affairs, Science | ≅ Leave a Comment
We’ve entered the “Age of Tough Oil.” Having tapped out the easy oil, we’re now left drilling in geologically and politically risky places. And, of course, this makes BP-style oil spills more an inevitability than a one-time fluke. Listen to today’s NPR interview with Michael Klare for more on this. Finding reliable sources of renewable [...]
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