There will be no next greatest artist in the world. By Timothy A. Ruane
There will be no next greatest artist in the world. By Timothy A. Ruane It is not enough to better Picasso. One must also know how to play the recorder + a record player, hop scotch, blow bag pipes,...
View Articleevery man fred astaire
every man fred astaire her pretty tush sloshed ’neath her thin cotton skirt i followed like fred astaire i watched and wondered my fickle soul hurt insatiable in hot summer air a twinkling star she...
View ArticleLonely at Arby’s
Lonely at Arby’s Sacred water in my plastic cup Outback the moo cows moo Their heads they sever No I would never Behead a moo cow for you Give me health food and crates of oranges Still the roast beef...
View ArticlePerhaps He Is a Gypsy
This gentlemen was singing and making music today down at Dupont Circle this afternoon. It would be easy to write him off as insane, and maybe he was insane, maybe he is insane. He sang the word Jesus...
View ArticleMan Joan Miro
One for the East Building of the National Gallery of Art June 12 2012 Washington D.C. USA. The post Man Joan Miro appeared first on The Good Men Project.
View ArticleUnion Station Woman
My method on the street is to hide, steal a shot and run away. Oddly, it occurred to me to ask this woman whether she would mind if I took her picture. She was happy for me to do so. I took three...
View ArticleConsider Art.
Maybe we should all be making money. The purpose of life is to make money. No, the purpose of life is to survive. Here, in the United States, survival can be and should be ensured for all. We are,...
View ArticleAh, the Newspaper Stands, I Remember Them Well 1.
In 1966, at 6 a.m. in the morning (sic), Jimmy Day and I used to deliver The Washington Post newspapers to the residents of the McLean Gardens Apartments over there at Van Ness Street and Wisconsin...
View ArticleOn Losing Lance
Mark Radcliffe was once an elite cyclist who looked up to Lance Armstrong as a role model. Now he knows what a dirty sport it’s always been. As has been widely reported the last few weeks,...
View ArticleWhat If We Celebrated Science Like the Olympics?
What NASA does every day is like a perfect balance beam act, performed every day, in space. Why don’t we celebrate these feats with the enthusiasm we reserve for Olympic athletes? If we celebrated...
View ArticleInfographic: What if Only White Men Voted in the Election?
Ever wondered how different our nation would look if we were one, homogenous group? In this very cool infographic from Buzzfeed, created from CNN exit polling, we can see what the USA would look like,...
View ArticlePetraeus, MLK and JFK: Why I Don’t Demand Fidelity From My Political Leaders
Emily Heist Moss asks a lot of her leaders, but one thing she doesn’t demand is fidelity. Originally appeared at Role/Reboot A few years ago, I saw General David Petraeus speak at an event in...
View ArticleJonestown Massacre, 34 Years Later
Jonestown from the Air – AP photo The charge of quarters woke me at Oh-Dark-Thirty on 19 November 1978. I was told the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) had been activated and I might not return for a...
View ArticleUp Before the Sun
What bothers me is it’s as normal to see headlines of crime and dead children as it is to have cereal in the morning. Haikustrip #23: What bothered me most, I think, was the age of the victims. The...
View Article“Present-day American culture gives a lot of voice to anger and outrage, all...
Our culture has a lot of knee-jerk anger, righteous angry, religious anger, and indignant anger. While anger has its place, it also can be very unproductive. Wellokaythen thinks it’s because of our...
View ArticleI’m Back
Josh Bowman has been away from his blog for a while. He’s back now, kicking and screaming. I’ve been away from my blog for a while…taking a break while I figure things out. If you have been reading...
View ArticleMoms and Dads Reach Workplace Equality: Neither Can Have It All
Reports in mainstream media confirm the same thing: Men and women are equally dissatisfied with current work-life balance, reports Scott Behson ♦◊♦ Over the past few weeks, articles have appeared in...
View ArticleZimmerman: Do We Need the Daily Trial Blow-by-blow?
When any trial becomes the sole focus of the media, we miss crucial other things that are happening in our world. — As father of a 16 year old I am horrified by the Zimmerman/Martin case. The...
View Article12 Films about News Journalism to Watch with Your High School or College Kids
Films can be a great teaching tool. Kip Robisch picks a dozen on journalism. Have you ever noticed how often the investigative journalist or war correspondent in a “news movie” wins the battle only to...
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