June 2010
[LETTERS] A proposal for inquiry: Were rights...
The issues being discussed, or not discussed, during the G20 require discussion and thoughtful reflection. This is not the place. The police response to peaceful protesters and lack of response to wanton vandals needs no discussion, it needs external inquiry. Here are three letters I have mailed to the appropriate authorities urging such a matter. Feel free to copy and paste and send on your...
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Stoicism Is Just So Yesterday — Review — In Character, A Journal of Everyday Virtues by the John Templeton Foundation http://incharacter.org/review/stoicism-is-just-so-yesterday/ home > Review > Stoicism Is Just So Yesterday Stoicism Is Just So Yesterday Emily Colette Wilkinson | Posted on 06/14/10 To read the Meditations, you would not imagine them to be the writings of a man encamped...
Naomi Klein on G20 in Globe & Mail...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/sticking-the-public-… Posted via email from T H I N K | Comment »
US charter schools started in the late 80s as...
Why I Changed My Mind | The Nation http://www.thenation.com/article/why-i-changed-my-mind Posted via email from T H I N K | Comment »
Colossal World Cup Foul | The Progressive
“To see a country already dotted with perfectly usable stadiums spend approximately $6 billion on new facilities is to notice a squandering of resources that is unconscionable.” Colossal World Cup Foul | The Progressive http://progressive.org/zirinmay10.html Posted via email from T H I N K | Comment »
Cottonland | NFB Films : an excellent film about...
Cottonland In this feature-length documentary, photographer Nance Ackerman describes the havoc prescription painkiller OxyContin, wreaked in the already weakened Cape Breton town of Glace Bay. The film guides us through a culture of economic and social depression where we encounter a number of men and women at different stages of dependency. Demystifying the world of the addict while showing us...