Killer App of the Day
In today’s Times the difficult article about the Apple Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China. Like so many stories it implicates all of us. But this time we must connect human misery with the bright, uplifting futuristic world of the i-Pad. Hard to look, hard to look away. Ask Siri.
HUMAN RIGHTS ART PROJECT
Killer App of the Day
In today’s Times the difficult article about the Apple Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China. Like so many stories it implicates all of us. But this time we must connect human misery with the bright, uplifting futuristic world of the i-Pad. Hard to look, hard to look away. Ask Siri.
POWER 101
Blunt Object of the Day: Mitch Daniels
Last night's speech by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels (the former Bush OMB head) was the big debut of the thoughtful, friendly face that the GOP has been calling out in the night for since the primary circus has become, for them, … [Read More...]
Bully Pulpit of the Day: Theodore Obama
Tonight will be Pres. Obama's chance to weigh in, after the rivers of nonsense that have flowed out of the Republican debates. Can he mention the condition of the country being partly the result of the GOP policies given full … [Read More...]
THIS WE LOVE
Ron Paul on the Road to Dumbascus By RICK MEYEROWITZ
Another brilliant piece by Rick Meyerowitz from the satiric site: The Final Edition: For more go to: http://www.thefinaledition.com/article/ron-paul-on-the-road-to-dumbascus.html … [Read More...]
THE INTERVIEW
LIVE FROM OCCUPIED WALL STREET by JANE MAISEL
The last week has seen an ongoing protest on Wall Street. This weekend we saw how un-finest the NYPD can be. It is inquest time in Lower Manhattan. There enough thugs in public life without any of them being on payroll. Neither … [Read More...]
ANIMAL OF THE DAY
Gorilla My Dreams
For David Denby's review in this week's New Yorker. The Rise of the Planet of the Apes, where the chimps go ape over James Franco's experimental work on Alzheimers and wind up trashing San Francisco like Tea Partiers in DC. … [Read More...]
LIFE 2.0
BEING AMERICAN
Opening Thursday Dec. 1 and going through Dec 21 is a remarkable show I am delighted to be a part of. Being American (at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 W.26 St. 15th fl. NYC) has been conceived and mounted by the staff led by curator Francis Di Tommaso: “The twenty artists in this show have [...]
