We mentioned this briefly before, and it bears repeating. If you’re in the NYC area, we highly recommend taking an evening in the next few days to attend at least a portion of the Toy Theater Festival that Great Small Works has put together for this weekend. There are many incredible performers who will be [...]
The US prison population is out of control. Canton, OH is about to pass a law that should help exacerbate that problem. It is expected that next week the town will make it illegal to fail to mow your lawn. Repeated violations could lead to as much as 30 days in jail. While there are [...]
Many artists work very hard for little to no monetary compensation. Some succeed and make vast profits but the majority never make it that far. Those whose art sells deserve financial compensation.
Who is really stealing from the artist though? Is it the college student downloading an album? While, there certainly is limited moral grounds for [...]
My links for 05-22-2008
A rising tide lifts all boats. A falling tide lifts all boats, puts them on the repo man’s trailer and hauls them away to be auctioned off.
As regular readers know, one of my journalistic pet peeves is stories about how great it is to be on the winning side of a tanking economy. It is [...]
My links for 05-20-2008
I’m generally not a huge fan of social networking sites. Myspace, Facebook and their ilk are lovely ways to get in touch with friends you haven’t heard from in ages, but beyond that, their value is limited. They are made even more useless by the recent trend of placing products and businesses on equal footing [...]
President Bush has a habit of saying things which many consider shameful and offensive (and sometimes downright hilarious in their idiocy). His recent, odious and politically-motivated insinuation that Senator Obama’s foreign policy diplomatic initiatives were akin to the ‘false comfort of appeasement’ advanced by some pre-WWII American politicians looking to avoid war with Hitler, [...]
My links for 05-19-2008
