Video: B.B. King animated by Blank on Blank
In this animated video by Blank on Blank, B.B. King tells the story behind the naming of his legendary guitar Lucille and talks about his attitude toward life and music. … Continue reading
Video: Alan Watts animated by South Park creators
Here is a compilation of a few of Alan Watts’ non-corporeal appearances animated by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the television show South Park.
Djelloul Marbrook: Once We Had a Press that Gave a Damn
When I worked as an editor at the once great Baltimore Sun in the 1960s our style book prohibited use of the word rapist, preferring raper. Some of us thought … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: After the War
. After the war, some of us had to have answers. Who were these people we’d had a war with? Where did they come from? Where did they learn to … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: The Conservative Mind
1. Believes that it is preserving the old ways, the ways of God and the “Founding Fathers” against encroaching evil. 2. Believes it is entitled to more wealth than others … Continue reading
Six Years in an African Village: An Interview with Jill Kandel
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
A guest post from Lisa Ohlen Harris: I “met” Jill Kandel in 2006 when she submitted a wonderful essay to Relief Journal, where I…
Djelloul Marbrook: Annotating Books and Other Heresies
I grew up in an austere Protestant ethos in which the annotation of a book was desecration, as sinful as a Catholic mass. We were to cherish books and pass … Continue reading
Djelloul Marbrook: Our Discourse About Racism is too Narrow
I’ve felt from a very early age that we can’t engage in honest discourse about racism in our society unless we take the full measure of racism as it has … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Memphis, 1970
Came home from that war trailing death like ground fog. Wandered summers, did trim carpentry in Texas, bartending, landed in Memphis working for a marble mill where with old Thomas … Continue reading
Video: Greenpeace Director Kumi Naidoo Puts his Life on the Line
Kumi Naidoo, Director of Greenpeace International, has put himself in harm’s way to fight for what he believes. “On a daily basis Greenpeace activists and other environmental and social activists … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Bad
When I bought the shiny black leather shoes with the flat front toe and zip-up tongue for my high school play at the 4 Dudes shoe store downtown, the salesman … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Warrior Cops
Warrior cops continue to destroy civil liberties and the lives of innocent people. I’ve been suffering a slight case of cognitive dissonance lately, a disorientation that stems from residing in … Continue reading
Rituals that Reconnect: Why We Must Make Sacred Space Everywhere
Originally posted on gerri ravyn stanfield:
For a week or more in the summer of 2001, fires burn through northern New Mexico, decimating forests in the Pecos Wilderness and Los…
Ann Jones: Is This Country Crazy?
Inquiring Minds Elsewhere Want to Know. Americans who live abroad — more than six million of us worldwide (not counting those who work for the U.S. government) — often face … Continue reading →