Month March 2011

People everywhere just want to be free

Something is taking place at an archetypal level, across the world, across class and social lines, across religious and political divides, all characterized by popular uprisings against authoritarian high-handedness across the world. Governments are cratering in the Middle East and…

We live in an era where satire is eclipsed by reality

Japan has asked other nations not to “overreact” by banning their crops, which presumably have higher than normal radiation counts. I totally agree. Clearly, other countries halting imports of crops merely because they might be poisonous does indeed border on…