Showing posts with label revolution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label revolution. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

A wee rant: Why must we have statues of "famous" people? Can't we just have art instead?

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Rather than argue about which statues to remove and which to keep, I'd rather have a discussion about why humans deploy statuary as p...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

Count me in, emphatically: "Like it or not, a second Age of Revolution is dawning."

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I endorse the following remarks. Covid-19 has changed everything. Now we need a revolution for a born-again world , by Simon Tisdall (...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Stuff 'em all: Republicans AND Democrats enabled the PPP chain-feeding bailout debacle.

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Spare me. If you're an indie operator rushing to perform fellatio on Shake Shack -- a $1.6 billion company -- for returning the PPP...
Wednesday, April 01, 2020

"'Afterwardness' saturates the present. We didn’t know we were entering a new era until it arrived."

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It's not going to be the same. Normality as we know it has been altered, and whatever the exact configuration of the future, it's ...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

At least he's stunningly consistent: "Tom Friedman Has No Idea What He’s Talking About."

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I first became aware of Thomas L. Friedman when my pal Barrie and I read From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989), which described Friedman's...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

PINTS & UNION PORTFOLIO: Beer diversity is bitter and malty, sweet and sour, big and small, foreign and domestic.

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The current draft lineup at Pints&union is a very good representation of what I've been hoping to achieve in a concise, te...
Sunday, February 03, 2019

PINTS & UNION PORTFOLIO: If beer choices constantly rotate, then it's revolutionary to rotate them less often -- or not at all.

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The Spring 2019 issue (Vol. 63) of Food & Dining Magazine will hit the streets in March. My beer column is returning with a brief ov...
Monday, December 03, 2018

Marohn: "Certified planners—along with licensed engineers—present the greatest institutional obstacle to wide-scale adoption of a Strong Towns approach."

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A periodic reminder about Strong Towns . WHO WE ARE. Strong Towns is an international movement that’s dedicated to making communities...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

ON THE AVENUES: Fighting the power with ballots, not bullets.

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ON THE AVENUES: Fighting the power with ballots, not bullets. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. Next summer will be the 30th anniver...
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Friday, September 14, 2018

Here and there, "dislodging those corporate Democrats ... is a critical front in the effort to actually make America great again."

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Writing at  The Nation , John Nichols, finds reasons to celebrate New York's 2018 state primary results. Big Wins by Down-Ballot P...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Russell Brand's podcast Under the Skin with guest Yanis Varoufakis: "How To Construct A Global Revolution."

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I highly recommend taking 80 minutes out of your day and listening to this podcast. Russell Brand is intelligent, entertaining and a so...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

I resemble this remark: "Idlers of the world unite."

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It's the perfect read while on holiday. Idlers of the world unite: Why the work ethic needs to be resisted , by Joe Humphreys ( The I...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

How paint has become a weapon in Macedonia's "Colorful Revolution."

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Bear with me. This story is deeper than it seems at first. How Paint Became a Weapon in Macedonia's 'Colorful Revolution' ...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

"For millions of Americans, the dysfunction of our political system may be frightening, but it’s creating a unique reform moment."

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(1 of 4) Basketball-laden holiday weekends are death for readership, but I'd rather think about public participation, ranked-choice vo...
Friday, January 08, 2016

On Bernie Sanders, the fall of the wall, and Russian words not used here.

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Rewinding to November, 1989, we see Bernie Sanders between gigs -- loser of a congressional election, and no longer mayor of Burlington. San...
Saturday, June 06, 2015

Your Saturday Radical 2: Chris Hedges, Karl Marx and why everything is not beautiful.

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For a broader overview, the interview format here: “We are in a revolutionary moment”: Chris Hedges explains why an uprising is coming — ...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Actually, MOST movies are "too dumb to criticize." Time for some book-readin'.

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It's a preachin' kind of Sunday. I tend to avoid American mainstream movies, as they tend to be depressingly stupid. Two hours exp...
Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Personal change, political change, and why the orangutan sleeps tonight.

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When you've been in the principled position of political opposition for 35 years, having realized long ago that the problem isn't so...
Sunday, March 30, 2014

But first, a CeeSaw digression: "The Fascist Automobile vs. Bicycle Rebellion."

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Councilman Bob "CeeSaw" Caesar has uttered so much white-bread blather over the years that it would require a full-time archivi...
Saturday, January 11, 2014

Walking makes them uncomfortable, too.

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I've been on a walking jag the past year. Using your feet perhaps is the ultimate simplification. Yes, bicycling remains important to me...