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Archive for May, 2008

Try to Remember

Posted in Culture, In The News, Media, Politics, tagged , , on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Memorial Day was created to remember our war dead. It’s also a good time to remember what a special place we live in. Because despite the criticism, the irritation, the frustration and the fear that we “citizen bloggers” (as the Pew Research Center calls us) sometimes feel compelled to express on our posts, we know [...]

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True Colors

Posted in In The News, Politics, tagged , , , , on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

For some people, the world after 9/11 became black and white but I suspect that for those people the world was always black and white – good versus evil, right or wrong, you’re with us or you’re against us. You define your enemies, maybe expand that definition a little and turn your back. There is [...]

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Independent Means

Posted in Culture, In The News, Media, tagged , , , , on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The lead article in my morning newspaper was about how gas prices are causing riders to use mass transit. That’s not much of a surprise; neither was the comment by one rider that he was willing “give up his independence” in order to save money. We sure do love our cars out here in the [...]

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Scandal du Jour

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, In The News, Media, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Several young friends, including some mothers, have written me to ask that I comment on the Myley Cyrus “scandal”. This involves the series of photos for Vanity Fair  for which the “Hannah Montana” star, beloved of way younger than pre-teens, posed recently.  Disney Productions, which has carefully cultivated and controlled the image of its money-making teen celebrity, is joining [...]

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