Ken Dow & the Tigers of WrathWiser than the horses of instruction?(Untitled)- April 24, 2003 Ken Wilber: The War In Iraq "unfortunately, the world needs integral action. unfortunately, it will not get it, whether we go to war or not. still, better to light one candle than curse the darkness. so we work on ourselves and attempt to increase our own integral consciousness to some degree each day, so that in the end we leave the world just a little bit more whole than we found it..." Fascinating essay and my introduction to the work of Ken Wilber.http://blogs.salon.com/0001010/2003/04/24.html#a500 (Untitled)- April 15, 2003 Rushkoff: Judaism as a Medium - practicing what we preach "So I think I'm finally learning how to speak about Judaism. That is, I'm learning how to speak about religion as a process, rather than as a thing. And this tends to make the whole discussion a heck of a lot less contentious. In media theorist's terms, I guess what I'm trying to do is show how Judaism is less about content than contact."http://blogs.salon.com/0001010/2003/04/15.html#a499 (Untitled)- April 12, 2003 The Kunstbar wants your soul. Via Mark Hursthttp://blogs.salon.com/0001010/2003/04/12.html#a498 (Untitled)- April 12, 2003 Truly deplorable comment by Donald Rumsfeld in the face of widespread looting and violence in Iraq: "It's untidy. And freedom's untidy. And free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things". Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, eh Nice. He then goes on to rail about how the press is exaggerating the situation, replaying "the same picture, of some person walking out of some building with a vase". Strange that he wasn't offended when we were saturated with..http://blogs.salon.com/0001010/2003/04/12.html#a497 (Untitled)- April 10, 2003 Went to see Chantal Kreviazuk when I was in London last Tuesday. I hadn't realized what an accomplished pianist she is - very impressive. And of course there's that incredible voice, at times soaring and then suddenly throaty and rasping. There was no band, just her and a grand piano, although she did a few tunes on a synth and one on the guitar. The songs came across beautifully; "Surrounded", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Waiting" and "Far Away" were standouts for me. Another surprise was her...http://blogs.salon.com/0001010/2003/04/10.html#a496 (Untitled)- April 7, 2003 Rare Neal Stephenson speech on May 1 "On May 1 at 4:30 Eastern Daylight Time, Neal Stephenson will deliver a live lecture at CMU in Pittsburgh that will be simultaneously webcast. Stephenson's notoriously shy about appearing at conventions or giving speeches -- I've only heard him speak once, when he picked up the Hugo award for Diamond Age -- so this is a rare treat." Via Boing Boing Might try to tune in for this one. Stephenson's a great writer - Cryptonomicon is solidly on my list of...http://blogs.salon.com/0001010/2003/04/07.html#a495 (Untitled)- April 4, 2003 Douglas Rushkoff is in the thick of touring and speaking about his latest book, "Nothing Sacred - The Truth About Judaism", as in: "The texts and practices making up Judaism were designed to avert just such a scenario. The tradition stresses transparency, open-ended inquiry, assimilation of the foreign, and a commitment to conscious living. Judaism invites inquiry and change. It is an "open source" tradition - one born out of revolution, committed to evolution, and willing to undergo...http://blogs.salon.com/0001010/2003/04/04.html#a494 (Untitled)- April 4, 2003 Jeffrey Simpson: Choose your side: puerile or servile "So much of what passes for Canadian debate on Iraq has been puerile or servile. And the debate has not been fundamentally about Iraq, but about the United States and Canadians' reflexive reaction to our neighbour. Thus we have been treated to puerile anti-Americanism because the U.S. is fighting a war, and servile pro-Americanism for the same reason...Happily, the historical evidence of international threat perceptions demonstrates that...http://blogs.salon.com/0001010/2003/04/04.html#a493 (Untitled)- April 4, 2003 Note to weather gods: it's April. After receiving about 15 centimetres of snow yesterday, on top of freezing rain, I awake this morning to discover a winter storm warning is in effect and another 15 centimetres is heading our way. This is so not funny. With SARS and Bagdhad to lift our spirits every day, who needs thishttp://blogs.salon.com/0001010/2003/04/04.html#a492 (Untitled)- April 2, 2003 "Hope," a retired four-star general subsequently told me, "is not a course of action." Whoa. This New Yorker article describing Rumsfeld's apparent mismanagement of the American invasion planning and implementation is astounding. If this is accurate, I feel awfully sorry for the US and British soldiers caught in such a dangerous and unnecessary predicament.http://blogs.salon.com/0001010/2003/04/02.html#a491 |