by Pier Marton | Apr 24, 2010 | Human Rights, Politics, Racism
Arizona has gone too far. This law — one of the worst in the nation — is a moral outrage. We need to send a clear message that Arizona does not deserve economic support from the rest of the country. Tourism is a huge industry in the state — bringing in $18 billion...
by Pier Marton | Apr 23, 2010 | Antisemitism, Books, History, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Women
Ron H. Feldman of Berkeley has a Ph.D. in Jewish history and culture. He has taught Jewish studies at four local universities and was the co-editor of “The Jewish Writings,” a collection of Hannah Arendt’s essays. ADDENDUM from the New York Times: (“A Fanatical...
by Pier Marton | Apr 21, 2010 | Art, Ego, France, Humor, Idées, Politics, Time
Based of French comic strips (les bandes dessinées – BDs) Early Visual Stimulations (based on my childhood/adolescence in France) part of my presentation CINEMATIC COMICS: IRRELEVANT IRREVERENCE? at Webster University for the Institute for Comics Studies...
by Pier Marton | Apr 8, 2010 | Antisemitism, Ego, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, STL
A announcement about it. The writer made two mistakes though, he used “winning” for the medal my father received in the French Resistance, and he states that my mother is still alive which is unfortunately not right. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new...
by Pier Marton | Mar 13, 2010 | Antisemitism, Books, Politics, Shoah
The Origins of Totalitarianism, by Hannah Arendt – a review by Shlomo Avineri Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Mar 11, 2010 | Afri, Human Rights, Humor, Politics, Racism
A parallel story (in French) to the one below. A boat docked in a tiny Mexican fishing village. A tourist complimented the local fishermen on the quality of their fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. “Not very long.” they answered in unison....