Pulitzer prize-wining journalist Chris Hedges is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute. He's also the author of Death of the Liberal Class and several other books. I've been reading through some of his essays on TruthDig and finding that I generally agree with his...
President Obama Wants To Win The Future, But First The Present Needs Some Serious Attention
President Obama visited the Portland area on Friday. He used the opportunity to highlight an American company that's big on innovation. He also said, "America has to out-build, and out-innovate, and out-educate and out-hustle the rest of the world." That's the path...
Polly Jean Dislikes Repeating Herself
I've never purchased an album by PJ Harvey before, but today I did. And I have every confidence that the $7.99 I spent with Amazon.com is money well invested. Here's a video for "The Words That Maketh Murder," track number four from the new album, Let England Shake....
Darkness At The Bottom, But Resurrected In Music
Last night at the Alladin Theater, Puddletown music lovers were treated to a feast of Louisiana music, care of Voice of The Wetlands Allstars, featuring Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne and other legends of the swampy sound. It was an interesting show, which...
Reveal Yourself In Writing
I've long held that "the real you" needs to show up for a job interview. You may as well dress the way you dress, act the way you act and generally be yourself, because it's you that has to show up every weekday for years on end, not some flimsy projection of you....