It's damn clear that even after 8o years he hasn't mellowed. Kurt Vonnegut has some words for the !&#*!@ in an interview on the "In These Times" site. Based on what youÂ’ve read and seen in ...

These are the least diplomatic statements I have ever seen associated with this man who is so extraordinarily popular around the world. Maybe we really are in deep deep trouble. Nelson Mandela, n...

John Pilger is writing from and for readers in the U.K., so his title suggests a much more parochial statement than what you will actually find in its text. The first part of the essay is an extra...

But it's about art, not economics, except that the works are priced very economically. In fact nothing costs more than $99. These are serious artists are serious, even when they are being very fu...

New York can't do it, and probably no other American city could either. New Delhi, a city with a dense population of some 14 million, has completed the first five miles (ultimately to extend over ...

No, it's not a political post this time, but the name of a show. We're finally going to get a chance to see our friend David Driver and a gaggle of other brilliants in "People Are Wrong!" at Joe's...

Did I hear that I had no interest in sports? It turns out the stories have been exagerated. Find one that pushes the right buttons and I'm there! I resisted the impulse to type, "ice yachts" in ...

From Dingercity by Charles Goldman. It's exciting, I can move it around as I please, and it's very beautiful. When I first saw it as part of Charles' wonderful installation last summer, I could n...

First thoughts about the fact that Bush spoke about AIDS in his performance tonight: I just cannot get too excited about the words, first, because right now they are only words, and second, becaus...

So reads the actual lead headline this afternoon on the Reuters site--cross my heart and hope to die if I'm lying! How can these guys live with themselves?