Amazon Drought – Again
“One of the most important tributaries of the Amazon river has fallen to its lowest level in over a century, …
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Inside Job: A Must See Movie
One of the most dispriting things about Inside Job, the new documentary/advocacy film by Charles Ferguson who made No End …
Weather Bomb Hits Midwest
From ClimateProgress ‘Weather bomb’ hits Midwest with power of major hurricane October 27, 2010 My dad was the biggest Republican …
Away on Assignment
I’m in Philadelphia — the modern City of Brotherly Love, not the ancient one of the Roman world where Asia began. …
Bliss — An Unexpected Movie
I’d had the movie Bliss in my Tivo instant line-up for quite a while and kept avoiding it. The short …
Black Field: A Film
Tuesday night, October 12, the Mill Valley Film Festival offered one of its few Greek movies, ever. This is not …
Climate Change: The GOP Denialism
If this doesn’t scare you I hope you get your reflexes checked, soon. Among other things it shows how deeply …
Lesson Plan: The Story of The Third Wave – a Movie
How is it that Buddhist Cambodians turn into unapologetic mass murderers? How could Christian Germans become fervent believers in, and …
U.S. Called “A Preening Pig”
Climate change advances inexorably, like the momentum of the huge glaciers it is destroying. Meanwhile the human race is tap-dancing …
Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice – a Film
Cruz Reynoso, a path breaking American of Mexican and farm worker roots, appeared last night at the Mill Valley Film …
Biutiful: A Film
The annual October Mill Valley Film Festival is upon us once again, promising more great movies than anyone could absorb …
Liu Xiaobao Wins Nobel Peace Prize
A Small Rat in Prison for Little Xia a small rat passes through the iron bars paces back and forth …