New Orleans The cult of Silicon Valley reigns supreme in these times. The moguls of Facebook, Google, Linked-In and the rest have become the 21st century of the auto barons of Detroit in the 20th. They are at the center of the financial pages, fashion shows, and political pundit speculations. They are worldwide ambassadors of the …
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Anna Hazare’s Fast Ignites Protest and Action on Indian Corruption
Delhi The Times of India and the Hindustan Times, among the largest papers in the world, were filled with incredulous and fawning stories on Sunday of a rarity in modern, big business India: a simple protest that ignited real change in the culture of political corruption. Most of the stories centered on Kishan Baburao Hazare, …
George Clooney, McCarthy, and Commie Terrorists
New Orleans In these politically cold, hard, and unsettled times, I took advantage of my new love affair with my library card to try and gain some perspective, maybe even insights, into the McCarthy Era that ravished the American politics, liberals, and the left in the 1950’s by ordering up “Good Night and Good Luck” …