Serge Bloch, one of the most fresh-thinking people of our time is teaching the world how to see in new ways. Long one of my favorite artists, he is interviewed here for DART by the wonderfulPerry Roalf. Serge Bloch, one of the most fresh-thinking people of our time is teaching the world how to see … Read more
The story of Asser Levy and the first Jews in New Amsterdam. It’s even true!. Many thanks to the brilliant Alana Newhouse and classy staff especially Rachel Silberman and Wayne Hoffman at Tablet magazine for great help on this. The lesson being, in America, good networking can be everything. Another is that Illustration Next means … Read more
This wonderful NY Times piece from last Sunday lays out the clear difference between economic approaches in Wisconsin and Minnesota. One being a doctrinaire political ideology where Right Wing do-nothing austerity and the suffering it causes is peddled to the masses as job creation. And the other, a can-do activist state government, taxing some spending … Read more
After 5 years of a foreign policy that felt like the one promulgated by Bush, the anti-Bush moment has arrived. John Kerry fulfills the promise of the wobegone Obama by negotiating the world further away from war. To think that the guy to finally reverse the shoot-first doctrine would be the guy we voted for … Read more
Noted: this week’s Bloomberg Businessweek. Recognizing Climate Change’s ominous portends in one of the starkest covers and stories of the year. When the 1% call out an issue, it signals a change in the media. A sea change, as it were. Congrats to Josh Tyrangiel and gang there. Showing smarts and courage. Read HERE And … Read more
