The Armies — A Novel from Colombia
One of the great pleasures of going to the annual meeting of the American Literary Translators Association [ALTA] is the …
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Post Carbon Age
The Maid — A Film from Chile
The Maid, a 2009 film from Chile, directed by Sebastian Silva, offers itself with a poster of a slightly maniacal …
The Color of Paradise — A Film from Iran
It’s hard to convey the feeling of seeing Majid Majidi‘s wondrous 1999 The Color of Paradise from Iran. We watched it on …
Social Network — Network Sucia
[Updated Below] Another title for Social Network, the new [2010] movie about the founding of Facebook, might as well have …
Global Warming: Reeeelax! Says Movie
Bjorn Lomberg has long been on the edges of the climate change debate telling all who need an “authoritative” source …
Hiroshima Joe – A Novel
Seeing the smoking wasteland of Hiroshima, particularly the blasted home and shredded family of a friend immediately after the Bomb …
Breathing
Breathing out ourselves breathing in so many others slowly, as we age, we change the pure light of her laughter …
The Devil’s Miner: A Bolivian Documentary
Working in a mine work may not be the most dangerous job in the world (believe it or not, …
Climate Change and CO2 Discussed Since the 1950s
Good quick review of CO2 science and Climate Change since the 1950s by Peter Sinclair. Read more at Climate Progress.
Climate Change Denial is Not Very Conservative
Bounced into this goof Op Ed by Bracken Hendricks in the Washington Post on Sunday I admire many cherished conservative values, …
Seafood Watch
Here you go: Monterey Bay Acquarium seafood good, seafood bad.