Monday, December 15, 2014

A Modest Proposal: A Real “Vision Zero” for New York City in 2015

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It would take an enormous amount of restraint, introspection and, yes, “vision” on the part of all parties, but the people and the gover...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

David Lynch: The Unifying Field

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Drawings, paintings, multimedia illustrations and early films reflecting the work of director David Lynch when he was a student at the Phila...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Reasons to Be Cheerful: Seven Global Trends to Be Very, Very Thankful For

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Washington Post wonkblog reports on seven global trends-- from child mortality to poverty to war-- that show that despite humanity's ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Isaac Asimov's Lost Essay on Creativity

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A lost essay by the author and visionary Isaac Asimov was recently discovered by Arthur Obermayer, a scientist- friend of the author and was...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

"The Imitation Game": a graphic biography

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The Imitation Game , the upcoming film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, with early Academy Award chatter, promises to make its subject, mathem...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Boardwalk Empire and Louis Malle's Atlantic City

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As Boardwalk Empire rolls towards its conclusion, and wanting to add further depth and dimension before it's gone, you may want to revis...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

'Capetown Fringe' by Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand): Cool Jazz for a Wednesday Morning

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Great jazz musician, who divides his time between NYC and South Africa, Mr. Ibrahim will be performing in NYC this month .
Sunday, October 5, 2014

Gilbert Sorrentino's Bay Ridge

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Now that the wheels have all turned, the ratchets clicked and the jewels spun on and on into my next decade, I see that despite the fleeting...
Monday, September 8, 2014

"The First Quality of a Warrior": ISIS - Politics or Battle Porn?

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Dexter Filkins in The New Yorker: "It’s hard to watch the video of Steven Sotloff’s last moments and not conclude something similar: th...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

A 'Plutocrat' speaks out against Income Inequality

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Nick Hannauer writing in Politico: "No society can sustain this kind of rising inequality. In fact, there is no example in human histor...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Kareem Abdul Jabbar: Race + Class Inequality = Apocalypse Now

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Writing in Time magazine, columnist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes: "This fist-shaking of everyone’s racial agenda distracts America from t...
Monday, July 28, 2014

On American Freedom and American Responsibility

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What our tired nation still owes the world: Robert Kagan's recent provocative - and important- recent article in the New Republic on ...

Sigmar Polke at MoMA: Art, Anti-Art, Art Squared, Art for Dummies, and An Artists' Artist (Take your pick)

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From Sigmar Polke's massive, sprawling retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, "Alibis: 1963-  2010" Site here:  http://www...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Seeking Higher Ground

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James Fallows in The Atlantic, in attempting to assess the real effectiveness of the Iron Dome missile system, perhaps unwittingly reveals w...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

VV: Bob Marley and "The White Album": How a Legend Became - Posthumously- an Household Name

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From Chris Kornelis in the Village Voice: 'Robinson believed he could sell a million copies of the album, but to do it he would have to ...