Tuesday, July 4, 2006AN INCONVEINIENT TRUTHAfter having seen Al Gore in person at SILVERDOCS in Silver Springs Maryland a few weeks ago I was primed to catch his documentary on global warming, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH when it hit our local AMC Lowes theater in Harvard Square. Now granted, we are in the heart of Gore country, with a theater... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:52 AM Comments (16) (link) Saturday, July 1, 2006SUPPORT OUR TROOPSBefore the last election and before the Bush-man declared war on Iraq I was full of rage and convinced that that political activism was still alive and well in this country. I rode the buses to Washington then and wrote frequent blog-rages about the horrors perpetrated by the Bushites against... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:25 AM Comments (2) (link) Sunday, June 25, 2006ME AND TIMOTHY LEARYThere's a new biography out on Timothy Leary by Robert Greenfield. It's reviewed by Luc Sante on the cover of today's New York Times book section. There's a great image of a grinning Leary, with a head band, at the center of a radiating golden light. The illustration suggests the dissolving of the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 6:08 AM Comments (3) (link) Tuesday, June 20, 2006BACK FROM SILVERDOCSAl Gore is a stand-up a comic. I would not have known this without having seen him perform last week at SILVERDOCS, one of the best film festivals focusing on showcasing documentary film in the U.S. This is the fourth year of the combined festival and industry conference held in Silver Springs... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:23 AM Comments (13) (link) Monday, June 12, 2006LIBERIA: RISING FROM THE ASHESThree years ago, almost to the day Liberia was news in both the Boston Globe and the New York Times. In the spring of 2003, I wrote the post below in response to a front page photo of a child/soldier that sent a shudder up my spine. June 30, 2003...On the other hand, sometimes the press gets it... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:08 AM Comments (10) (link) |
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