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CFP: Global Citizenship, Collective Identity, Tolerance

11, Apr 2010

This conference seeks to draw papers from multiple disciplinary backgrounds on the relationship between citizenship, identity and tolerance in the context of contemporary globalization. Across the social sciences today there is much talk of the rise of postnationalism, the return of religion, the global integration of markets, and the various forms of social-epistemology with which [...]

Obama Plot Foiled, Tea Party Relieved

8, Apr 2010

Because, you know, they’re not racists or anything… Man Attempts To Assassinate Obama, ‘But Not Because He’s Black Or Anything’

What All Could Learn from Jay Kernis

26, Feb 2010

I sat in a crowded Philadelphia hotel conference room in 2006, along with other radio folks, listening to Jay Kernis (then of National Public Radio) talk about NPR finding its voice. Year later, going through old notes, I considered how Kernis’ lessons could easily be adapted by those seeking to find voice. Probably the most [...]

Howard Zinn: Remember, Emulate

28, Jan 2010

Cycling & Houston Sustainability

22, Jan 2010

Gina Mitteco, pedestrian-bicyclist coordinator of the Houston-Galveston Area Council, will talk on the future of bicycling in the region Tuesday, Jan. 26, at the Annual Meeting of BikeHouston, Houston’s organization that advocates making the city safe and accessible for cyclists. In addition to Mitteco’s talk, Robin Stallings, Executive Director of Bike Texas/Texas Bicycle Coalition from [...]


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