In his weekly radio address a few days ago, President Bush told us, “America’s economy is strong and getting stronger.” It’s an election year, so of course that’s what he wants us to believe. Bush wants us to think that … Read more »
In all the talk about the Reagans TV miniseries that was supposed to be shown on CBS, reality and fiction have become blurred. That account of Reagan’s presidency and marriage was always designed to be a fictional movie based on … Read more »
The right wing has, over the past few decades, made a strategic decision to claim that the media has a “liberal” bent so that they could shift the news further to the right. Turning on television or radio would clue … Read more »
I am deeply disappointed that CBS, the network that in 1964 gave me complete artistic control in creating television specials, now caved in to right wing Republican pressure to cancel the network broadcast of the movie The Reagans. (And I … Read more »
Recently, I decided to go back through my website and reread some
of the statements I have written and links to articles I have posted.
2003 has been such a tumultuous year already … Now we have the publicized
revelations … Read more »
Has this new era of secrecy, lies, and deceit in the government and
corporations started to infect our states, our cities, our communities,
our core values and beliefs? We cannot let our politicians and corporate
CEOs get away with lying … Read more »
I have reflected a great deal over the years about the need for dialogue
and unity among various minority and progressive communities. The
presidential primary process is underway, and this is the time when
the candidates within the Democratic party … Read more »
Is technological growth outweighing
spiritual growth?
That question has posed itself recently
as the spiraling miracles of technology devise seemingly infinite
ways in which certain websites can strip away our last shreds of privacy
and confidentiality.
In 1984, Barbra Streisand … Read more »
Well, it looks like we are about to win the war in Iraq … no surprise
there. The U.S. military is so powerful that we can pretty much overpower
any country we want at this point – but does that … Read more »
President Bush’s plans for Iraq include rebuilding Iraqi schools …
but what about American schools?
Why can’t we provide better education to our young people?
With all of the wealth in this country, why do we have schools in
low-income … Read more »
