In the January 29, 2007 edition of Time Magazine, Montana Democrat Governor Brian Schweitzer was asked how Democrats could make energy an issue in the upcoming presidential campaign. Here's what Schweitzer said: I can do it in a 60-second spot," he said. "Put me on the clock." And he was off…
There is a risk to knowing more than a little history (or religion or politics). Learning more than the popularized cartoon version of traditional history lessons has a way of contaminating comforting myths. See here and here. Take, for example, the story of William Clark of Lewis and Clark. Everyone…
The reclusive artist behind the Doonesbury comic strip is interviewed for the Washington Post Magazine (here) in October 2006, and I only found it today. I figure that this fits neatly in with the recent theme of media issues.
For the past week, I have been posting information I’ve learned from the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis (January 12-14). This post is yet another in that series. One of my favorite parts of the conference was the exhibit hall. There, I met dozens of exhibitors, representatives of…
People living in small rural villages in Uganda have found a practical solution to a problem which the greatest minds and vast resources of the United States seem unable to confront, let alone solve: how to make basic health care available and affordable. There's no national health insurance and people…