by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Racism, Roma, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women
CODEPINK emerged out of a desperate desire by a group of American women to stop the Bush administration from invading Iraq. The name CODEPINK plays on the Bush Administration’s color-coded homeland security alerts — yellow, orange, red — that signal terrorist...
by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Books, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Roma, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Wars, Women
From the NYTimes: Kathryn Pearson, an expert on Congress at the University of Minnesota: her studies of the House show women introduce more bills, participate more vigorously in key legislative debates. From the Harper Collins website for the book “Why Women...
by Pier Marton | Jun 12, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Doc, Film, France, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Shoah, Site, Time, Wars, Women
The “online cinematheque” presents until December 11, Cannes’ La Semaine de la Critique offers a retrospective with many free features. Where you will NOT see the blockbusters but the richer, rarer treasures. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new...
by Pier Marton | Jun 6, 2011 | Asia, Care, Death, Eco, Ego, Health, Humor, Ideas, Mystery, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Time
Thich Nhat Hanh/Buddhism: “All views are wrong views.” Lavoisier: “Rien ne se crée, rien ne se perd” – (Nothing is created, nothing is lost). Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)...
by Pier Marton | Jun 6, 2011 | Future Tech, iOS, iPhone, Media, Music, Software
A summary in the NYTimes. Music everywhere, etc… iOS5 Screen Shots on MacRumors. And TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)’s summary. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...