Part II: Hearing from Tunisians ?In all forms of Government the people is the true legislator.? Edmund Burke ?Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.” Winston Churchill Read Part I of this series here. The Arab Spring’s weighty and far-reaching developments and repercussions have… Read more »
The Global Reach of an American Skins Phenomenon ?It’s traditional, when paying compliment to drummers, to draw comparisons with the octopus, implying agility beyond the means of a paltry pair of human hands. But when considering John Hollenbeck, the multi-limbed creature that seems most appropriate to invoke is the mythical hydra; for while Hollenbeck is… Read more »
?All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.? Albert Einstein ?Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.” George… Read more »
Toby Beard is a singer-songwriter from Perth, Australia. Now on her 11th tour of Canada, She’s performed at major festivals all over the world, supporting notables like Sheryl Crow and John Cougar Mellencamp. Toby recently recorded her fifth album, Coming Home. (Read Part I of this interview here.) ?It’s time to dream a new dream;… Read more »
Album: Giacomo Gates, The Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron ?Basie was never really commonplace?he was always measures ahead. Ellington was more than number one for the music and things that he said. Bird was the word back when tenors were heard from Kansas right up to the pres (Lester Young) Billie… Read more »
Album: Philip Glass, Symphony No. 9 (2012) Bruckner Orchester Linz, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies ?Artists do not experiment. Experiment is what scientists do; they initiate an operation of unknown factors to be instructed by its results. An artist puts down what he knows and at every moment it is what he knows at that… Read more »
The Creative Value of Twisted Emotional States ?Nobody’s eyes should have seen what your eyes have seen, Should have felt all the pain and all of the sadness from all of those years. But now I’m on the outside, now I’m looking in, Not able to touch you, not able to hold you?I’m helpless back… Read more »
Rhythms of Stability and Freedom ?The essential thing in form is to be free in whatever form is used. A free form does not assure freedom. As a form, it is just one more form. So that it comes to this, I suppose, that I believe in freedom regardless of form.? Wallace Stevens Hauschka is… Read more »
Dear Dr. Katie, I worry about sunscreen every summer. I know It’s important to use it to prevent skin cancer, but are the (unpronounceable) ingredients in sunscreen okay for me and my young children? Angela Dear Angela, You aren’t alone in the sunscreen dilemma?many of us have similar questions. Although the majority of ingredients in… Read more »
Film: Zero Bridge (2011) Director/Screenwriter: Tariq Tapa Cast: Mohamad Imran Tapa, Taniya Khan, Ali Mohammad Dar Genre: Art House, International ?Mother tells me ?Happy dreams!? An? takes away the light, An? leaves me lyin? all alone an? seein? Things at night.? Eugene Field ?It is because nations tend to stupidity and baseness that mankind moves… Read more »