On Food & Culture
I’m in meetings in Netherlands all day and into the night, so no blogging time. I will point out that during the meeting I ran into a forceful social justice/service program, Caritas in the UK and Wales. When it comes to social justice and action, …
There is a lot of legal maneuvering going on in Massachusetts by people opposed to same sex marriage, but it looks like May 17, 2004 will see marriage licenses issued for same sex couples. Hurrah. Lalo Alcaraz has an insightful cartoon about this. Ad�n
Last night I attended a performance of contemporary dance at the University of Houston’s Moores Opera House. The Sandra Organ Dance Company presented one dance that collaborated with musicians and digital artists. The Moores School of Music Contemporary Ensemble played a stunning piece, “Infinite Heartbeat,” …
Last night the PBS NewsHour explored the growing use of civilian contract employees for combat in Iraq. Privatization of military forces is a growing profit industry that currently “operates in about 50 different conflict zones,” according to Peter Singer of the Brookings Institution. The report …
How do we distinguish and make choices as we live through “wheat and chaff” situations all the time? Degree zero blogs about the Nina Simone protest song, “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free” as it is used to sell Coca …
Stewart Hoover posts an essay on the Revealer.org about the Passion at South Park. Great! AM
My friends, Alan and Dermot, bloggin in Ireland, link to a flash movie about the passion, “Ecce Homo.” It is nicely open-ended. The site that Alan and Dermot point to, New Pollution, features a lab with intriguing digital art. For info about the Catholic Church …
Found these images about Chicano daily life and the Passion of Christ. The second slide from the top, title unknown, strikes me as a provocative study of Macho sports and Jesus as identity constructions made from our body parts. I’m using this image as a …
As I prepare my durnincometax return, it stresses me that I am helping to finance the war that Bush started based on lies and filthy expansionism. The durnincometax portion that goes to war is 49%, according to the War Resisters League. Depressing, although I do …
I can now tell you about the death of my most dear, long-time friend, Eloisa Chouy. On March 12 her heart failed. To friends who read this public statement, I do it to recognize her work as a courageous leader in religious education. It is …