Join us in rejecting the ti(red) notion that shopping is a reasonable response to human suffering. The US makes up 5% of the world’s population, but we consume 25% of the world’s natural resources. Our prosperity creates a disparity in the rest of the world. We need to stop buying so much junk. When we [...]
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GA Runoff Important
Even though I understand the importance of Georgia’s runoff election today for the Senate, I’m not confident in the outcome. In my experience, the typical Georgian is about as politically progressive as a desert is lush. Yes, there is a community that understands that Saxby Chambliss is a card-carrying Bush-Cheney Republian, but I think the [...]
Gore Interview
In a recent issues of Newsweek [via Truthout], Fareed Zakaria interviews Al Gore about environmentalism and the auto industry. Gore supports a “bail out” only so far as it allows GM to stay competitive — i.e., technologically and and economically. This is telling: When I was vice president, I initiated a program called the Partnership [...]
Pay Attention!
We seem to be in trouble. On the way into work this morning, NPR had a small snippet about what the world will probably be like in 2025. When they say “the world,” they mean human affairs, of course. Well, the US has fallen from its mighty perch, being replaced primarily by southeast Asian countries. [...]
Giroux on Education
Henry Giroux states, in “Obama and the Promise of Education“: As I’ve learned during the past eight years: democracy cannot be fruitful without an educated, engaged citizenry. Perhaps we can finally put the time of anti-intellectualism behind us.
Zemeckis’ Beowulf
I couldn’t help but be struck by the interesting re-telling of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, by Robert Zemeckis, Neil Gaiman, and Roger Avary. They kept the basic story intact, but added a twist with Grendel’s mother and more subtle characters. In fact, the theme of fatherhood in the time of heroes was nicely problematized: the [...]
GA Results: the Day After
During the early results, I was embarrassed by GA: McCain seemed to have a significant early lead. However, as the night went one, that gap slowly narrowed. Georgia did ultimately go to McCain, but there are a number of islands of blue in that sea of red — more than in 2004. Also, a runoff [...]
