Harry Chapin was not just a great performer (check out the extent of audience participation he achieves in this benefit concert!), but a passionate advocate for reforms in U.S. food & hunger policy. An hour and a half into his … Continue reading
defn. a mixture of various things 12-2-13: One More Spill of Fracked Petrochemicals: this time in Alabama A train derailment in Alabama on November 7th resulted in a 2.7 Million gallon spill, impacting a creek and adjacent wetlands. Spill contents … Continue reading
defn. a mixture of various things 12/10/2016: ‘A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall’ At the Nobel Prize ceremony, Patti Smith delivered an astonishing rendition of Bob Dylan’s 1963 song, ‘A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall’. She forgot the lines midway through, but … Continue reading
An archived copy of a New York Times Opinion piece, by Charles Blow… Click on the image below for a scrollable view; the PDF file may be downloaded. See the extensive analysis by Debbie Lusignan, at this video: View related … Continue reading
An archived copy of an article blogged at Economicst.com: Click on the image below for a scrollable view; the PDF file may be downloaded. View related articles tagged [TAG-MISCELLANY] PAGE CREATED: 2017-01-20
It is as if he is an actor, just like Reagan. President Obama is a master of the teleprompter, but a fish-out-of-water when his crutch drops. The Wikipedia page on Teleprompters offers some interesting history. This device was first developed … Continue reading
An excellent article by Rob Urie at CounterPunch, with graphs that clearly show the widening wealth disparity and the destruction of the Middle Class under neoliberalism. The first graph is particularly powerful; using the metric ‘mean income vs median income … Continue reading
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Joe Marrapodi was interviewed for a column in the Santa Monica Daily Press. As a final question, he was asked: Is there anything you’d like to share with the Santa Monica community? Here is what he said: “The Santa Monica … Continue reading
An article has been posted at aiREFORM’s ‘Miscellany’ page. It includes links to various news stories, a PDF of a letter sent by 21 Congressional representatives seeking a full investigation, and more. This story points out the need for government … Continue reading