by Pier Marton | Oct 6, 2013 | Afri, Care, Eco, Health, Human Rights, Ideas, KeyFilm, Native, Peace, Review, Theater, Time, Wars
[I had written this review a while back, before the 2011 St. Louis International Film Festival (part of my “SLIFF BUZZ” entries) – apparently the post has disappeared. This film remains an unforgettable tribute to how a healthy society can deal with...
by Pier Marton | Sep 23, 2013 | Care, Death, Doc, Health, Hispanic, Humor, Jewish, Mystery, Now, Poet, Sci/Nat, Time, Women
FIRST COUSIN REMOVED Alan Berliner: In Loving Memory of Edwin Honig 1919-2011 with a sort of trailer below, edited by Alan Berliner – The Alzheimer’s Association Website From the BBC: Currently 101 million people require care, but a report from...
by Pier Marton | Sep 10, 2013 | Asia, Death, France, Health, History, Human Rights, Peace, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Time, US, Wars, Women, World
Syria is not enough. Yesterday in the New York Times I read about the corruption in China (evicting farmers to dump them in big cities with lawyers beaten up when trying to defend them). Today in Le Monde, I read how Agent Orange – produced by Monsanto and Dow...
by Pier Marton | Aug 15, 2013 | Afri, Asia, Books, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Now, Politics, Spectacle, US
Michael Walzer, the author of 27 book, is co-editor emeritus of From Haaretz (Please Subscribe!) Michael Walzer tells Haaretz || Blame the liberals for social inequality. An interview with the former co-editor of Dissent magazine on social democracy and the role Big...
by Pier Marton | Jul 28, 2013 | Eco, Health, Review, Spectacle, STL
The mediocre, rational world is my enemy. Well-adjusted is the thing that I hate. Well-adjusted means fearful and cowardly. Some of my best friends are crazy, they don’t give a shit. Boom! That’s where life is! Boom! – Thomas Vinterberg* Many...
by Pier Marton | Jul 22, 2013 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Food, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Native, Now, Politics, Quotes, Racism, US, Women, Youth
The fundamental conclusion I’ve reached after 79 years and a lot of work is that life is lottery. I don’t buy this argument that people are self-made; our opportunities are presented to us – how we resolve them, how we exploit them, how we respond to...