On Food & Culture
Pentecost is deeply moving because of 1) the complete leveling of human-constructed barriers of social exclusion 2) the primacy given to uniqueness of cultures and peoples, in contrast with the push for uniformity that fears difference 3)the example of courage to speak truth when those …
I’m rejoicing as I read Mary’s mention that the Methodists in Minnesota have voiced their Christian view that includes gay marriage and gay clergy, barring language that wants to make homosexuality incompatible with Christianity. This is a social justice issue that is at the heart …
Monday I saw The Da Vinci Code and thouroughly enjoyed the acting group of Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou and Ian McKellen. This piece of fiction is full of plenty of those Hollywood pure entertainment elements like car chases, identity switching, blood. But its the acting …
The WACC newsletter today gives a clear example of corporate media promoting a social discourse of misunderstanding. The newsletter states: “Thus we find that Western leaders are typically reported without adjectives preceding their names. George Bush is simply “US president George Bush”. Condoleeza Rice is …
This is too funny. Paul links to this spoof site that mimics exactly what most business are doing now. I find this to be the case with financial planners, managers of mattress outlets, insurance providers, most of the people I’ve had to deal with in …
I want to save this link from Mary so that I can share it with seminarians and priests who are inventing new ways of i-pod publishing. The link is the story about the seminarians who won first prize for a game design. Also, I’ve received …
This annual event has grown from a funky small parade on the north side of Houston to a major cultural event in the downtown area. thank goodness it is still funky. I’ll be there, leaving now.
Paul is listing his top 10 books on media, religion and culture and featuring favorites picks from others.
Last night I saw “The Yes Men” documentary on the Sundance channel. It is hilarious. These guys actually succeed in impersonating World Trade Organization Personnel at trade conferences. They arrive at the selected conferences and after being greeted formally, obsequiously by the conference organizers, they …
This breath of refreshing news comes from Barry Creech. Canadian musicians have organized have organized to make their voice heard about copyright and file sharing of music, and they are not in sync with the recording industries. They say that “Artists do not want to …