Climate Change: The GOP Denialism
If this doesn’t scare you I hope you get your reflexes checked, soon. Among other things it shows how deeply …
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Lesson Plan: The Story of The Third Wave – a Movie
How is it that Buddhist Cambodians turn into unapologetic mass murderers? How could Christian Germans become fervent believers in, and …
U.S. Called “A Preening Pig”
Climate change advances inexorably, like the momentum of the huge glaciers it is destroying. Meanwhile the human race is tap-dancing …
Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice – a Film
Cruz Reynoso, a path breaking American of Mexican and farm worker roots, appeared last night at the Mill Valley Film …
Biutiful: A Film
The annual October Mill Valley Film Festival is upon us once again, promising more great movies than anyone could absorb …
Liu Xiaobao Wins Nobel Peace Prize
A Small Rat in Prison for Little Xia a small rat passes through the iron bars paces back and forth …
Dunya Mikhail – Iraqi Poet in Exile
Dunya Mikhail is a remarkable Iraqi poet now working her craft in Michigan. Her poem “War Works Hard” is just …
Poets:The Far Flung Word
I can’t say how really amazing it is to be at the GRD Poetry Festival in Newark, to see poets …
Mario Vargas Llosa Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Mario Vargas Llosa was not in the final list compiled by would-be Nobel Prize seers. A British betting firm had …
The Republic of Poetry
by Martin Espada For Chile In the republic of poetry, a train full of poets rolls south in the rain …
North Carolina Drowning: 2nd 500 Year Rain in 11 Years
As predicted, the whole east coast is soaking in rain. North Carolina is expecting to see the Ark at any …
Another Day Another Record
113º! California’s blistering fall heat wave sent temperatures to an all-time record high of 113 degrees Monday in downtown Los …