TED Video: Street Artist JR Shows the World its True Face
JR, a semi-anonymous French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across massive canvases. At TED2011, he makes his audacious TED Prize wish: to use art to turn the world inside out.
Disaster Relief? The Dangers of Excessive Outsider Reliance
Nathan Thompson explores the story of a monk who remains in the dangerous area of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in order to serve the people, and how local aid is often overlooked in the age of massive disater relief from external sources.
The Merit Based Revolution
Using Florida’s merit-based pay legislation as an example, Peter Licari reflects on the importance of actually reading legislation that affects us.
Why Charlie Sheen Kind of Matters
Charlie Sheen, the lovable, charismatic bad boy paid millions to entertain is now a lowly, crazed thug. What does his public meltdown say about life as human?
James Bond Dresses as a Woman for International Women’s Day
Daniel Craig, famous as 007 in James Bond films, dresses as a woman for an International Women’s Day video to illustrate the dramatic and troublesome differences between the way men and women experience the world.
Too Many Blogs? Get Over It
With 156 million blogs, there are at least that many opinions about whether blogging is good, bad or ugly. Lorne Daniel explores the blog phenomenon, the criticisms, the narcissism and the sexism against mommy bloggers.
U.S. Supreme Court Defends Wesburo Funeral Protests
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that anti-gay protestors who picketed funerals of U.S. soldiers are entitled to their free speech. But does this freedom come at the price of basic human decency?
You Should’ve Stayed at Home
Just in case anyone is still under the impression that these kinds of mass violations of human rights only happen in dictatorships, it’s worth watching the Fifth Estate’s telling documentary “You Should’ve Stayed Home” which documents the story of “ordinary citizens on the streets at Toronto G20 Summit marching peacefully until the police closed in and shut them down.”
Arizona Attempts to Ban Karma, Sharia Law, and All Forms of Intelligence
Nathan Thompson says a bill being considered by the Arizona legislature is an attack by WASP racists on people of color, religious minorities, and anyone else deemed a threat.
The Triumph of Human Spirit in Egypt
Egypt, a country that has given the world so much in terms of ideas, art, science, medicine, philosophy and spirituality, has been given its greatest wish — President Hosni Mubarak has agreed to step down. We wish for the people of Egypt an end to poverty and abuse — and a new era of peace and understanding.
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