Ovation Cable TV had a special today on Chuck Close, an American artist/painter whose work is extraordinary. Take a look on google images and in this website. No less extraordinary is his background and the challenges he overcame along his life, never letting setbacks keep him down, always surmounting tragedies to come out stronger. This [...]
It is striking how often we resort to recasting our fallen leaders into molds of perfected humanity. No matter their flaws, once assassinated, their death transforms them to immortal epic heroes. In re-casting our fallen, we humans do not just pay tribute to their courage and compensate them for their lost years. We also re-write [...]
At the Skoll World Forum, Al Gore spoke poignantly about the imperative of joining forces to rescue our planet. If enlightened self-interest is to mean anything, it has to be that our personal well-being is dependent on the well-being of our planet. And each of us has to share in the responsibility to prevent climate [...]
Benjamin Franklin was the first recorded person to call himself "an extreme moderate." He was thus a true predecessor to the OneVoice Movement, in highlighting the imperative of action and determination from mainstream citizenry.
Ruben Navarrette is one of the most insightful writers I’ve encountered lately. His column on Obama and his Pastor does a better job at analyzing the relationship and its meaning than most. Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Why Obama’s worldview varies from his ex-pastor’s AGE, NOT JUST COLOR OF SKIN, PLAYS KEY ROLE By Ruben Navarrette [...]
Overall Obama is an extraordinarily inspiring figure, and his message is the right message for our times. McCain’s principled leadership is also inspiring, and it is clear he puts the nation ahead of himself. But Obama seems to be more in tune with what this nation and world need. That said, Obama will need to [...]
Anyone who didn’t listen to Obama’s speech on "race" and "religion" in Philadelphia today (March 18 2007) MUST do so. You can see it here. It proves the depth of this candidate, and the hope he can bring to America and the world. This guy is such an exceptional human being, such an elegant "mentsch", [...]
Many signs point to Hezbollah’s increasing presence in the Palestinian territories, a sharp departure to Arafat’s model of Palestinian nationalism being the realm of Palestinian groups only. This is among the most serious (and least addressed) developments over the last few years. In my work with OneVoice, one of the things I notice often is [...]
Most of the world’s attention is zoned in on the US elections or on the Middle East. But very worthy of concern is the increasingly destabilizing behavior of Hugo Chavez from Venezuela. He praised FARC commander Raul Reyes as a "good revolutionary" hero. The FARC is the terrorist guerrilla group that has killed thousands of [...]
Clive Crook’s column in the Financial Times today (3/3/08), "Clinton Gets it Sincerely Wrong," is sadly on target. Senator Clinton does not have a particularly charming or personable personality, but that was not her greatest undoing. Her greatest undoing was trying to become something else. Margaret Thatcher was comfortable in her own skin as a [...]