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Impending Totalitarianism

Impending Totalitarianism CONTACT _Con-37C835611 \c \s \l For the Old Mole Variety Hour A couple of weeks ago Columbia University’s School of International and Public affairs warned students by email that tweeting or posting about WikiLeaks on Facebook could endanger their... Read more

Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Denise Morris and I reviewed The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. This documentary, released last year to theaters and this year on DVD, also played on PBS in October , and is available streaming on Netflix, and you can put a hold on ... Read more

Movies opening this weekend (Dec. 17, 2010)

The Hollywood Theater is showing a new print of Mon Oncle, a film by the sublime French actor/director Jacques Tati. When I heard that it was the English-language version I worried, until I recalled that there is virtually no dialog in the film anyway. What there is, is Ta... Read more

Celebrating the Longest Night, and the Return of the Light

So we've made it around the Sun, one more time. The longest night of the year comes next week-- Winter Solstice is Tuesday, the 21st, with the Sun going into Capricorn at 3:38 PM, Pacific Time. This is one of the eight turning points of the pagan year. The last was Samh... Read more

Economics of Happiness

KBOO is a proud media sponsor of Economics of Happiness When: Friday January 21st, 2011 Time: 7-10PM Where: Main Street Sancutuary, First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave Portland, OR Cost: $15 suggested donation but no one will be turned away Normal 0 The Internationa... Read more

Love is destructive

The word 'radical' comes from the work for 'root,' and I find myself drawn to discover the root of certain societal behaviors. Here in the US it seems to me that we've forgotten how to be social creatures. We've been television-watching consumers for generations now. A... Read more

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