One of the TV shows I watch with regularity is Austin City Limits, a PBS show featuring live music. A couple of weeks ago, the featured performer was Cindi Lauper. Although many years have passed since I first heard her sing, she still puts on a good show. One song in particular caught my attention for what it has to say today as we face a future less certain than we have typically known in the past. The song was . . . → Read More: True Colors
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 Comments are closed  Blog  Austin City Limits, bullies, Charles Dickens, Civil War, coal, Cyndi Lauper, dystopian, election, election cycle, eliminating poverty, global warming, Hard Times, hike, LGBT, military conflicts, news, oil, politics, racial parity, religious conflicts, roads, rural, Snowpiercer, sweetness and light, the future, True Colors, uncharted territory Will Rogers famously said, “I’m not a member of any organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” The sense that Republicans are “lock-step” in pursuit of their objectives, while Democrats are no better organized than a herd of cats, has been around since the days of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the frantic search for Communists thought to have infiltrated the US government. Republicans learned how to stick together during the “Cold War,” and it was not long until they had developed what came to be known as the Southern Strategy, which was essentially race-based politics, designed to take advantage of White . . . → Read More: Politics as Usual? Comments are closed Blog and brotherhood, Bernie Madoff, Blacks, communication, communication media, Communists, Democrats, dot com, economic security, education, FDR, Fireside Chats, fossil fuels, Internet, Joseph McCarthy, lock-step, love, Mid-East, Middle East, Newsweek, newsweeklies, peace, Persian, political parties, political power, political process, politics, pundit, race-based, radio, Republicans, science and faith, Southern Strategy, television, the big picture, the future, this too shall pass, time, time management, TV, vested interests, vision, Will Rogers What’s been happening in your life while you were making other plans? World events in recent weeks have basically captured attention I had intended to “spend” elsewhere. First, the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear plant meltdowns in Japan…. As someone with friends and semi-relatives (my daughter-in-law is Japanese, and her parents live in Osaka), I have been following the events there with some concern. Second, recent events in the Mideast have been difficult to ignore. Compared with what’s currently going on in Libya, the “revolution” in Egypt was fun to watch. In an article titled, “Washington vs. the Merciless,” Thomas . . . → Read More: Are We Having Fun Yet? Comments are closed Blog climate, coal, consequences, crisis management, crown of creation, cultural, environment, environmental, environmental policy, fiscal policy, gas, global, history, international, learn, learning, long-term, mistakes, NLP, nuclear, NY Times, policy, politics, precognition, tax policy, taxes, the future, Thomas L. Friedman, war, well-being |
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