Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
Politics is very much in my mind these days. Barack Obama is the presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton has just given her concession speech, and the 40-year anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination has just passed. On a personal note, I’m dealing with the painful awareness of not being a full...
Roberto Saviano, author of the best selling book Gomorrah, spoke last Thursday at the Festival of International Literature in NYC. Gomorrah, a chilling account of the Camorra’s deep connections with the “legal” Italian economy, sold more one million copy in Italy and has been translated in 33 languages. Alexander Stille, professor at Columbia University...
Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara listen to Norman Solomon, founder of the Institute for Public Accuracy. Solomons’s documentary, War Made Easy, premiered tonight at the Quad and will be playing through March 20....
Do you feel discouraged? Do you think that your life is a failure? Are you ready to give up? Some people buy motivational books and read motivational quotes when they feel demoralized. I’m glad they can find solace in those books and quotes. I can’t. I’ve always found motivational stuff depressing and unhelpful, but...
Today, Al Gore and a United Nations panel shared the Nobel prize for Peace for their work on global warming. Thank you, Al....
The blogosphere is passionately debating Kathy Sierra’s death threats and misogynous bashing at the defunct meankids.org. Kathy is mourning the loss of her normal self. I have cancelled all speaking engagements. I am afraid to leave my yard. I will never feel the same. I will never be the same. Some have decided they...