#MeToo and the men who didn’t

#MeToo and the men who didn’t

I started my career in film production when there were almost no women on the set. The few I met were great but that’s another story. One night, soon after I’d broken in, I was with the crew in a bar after the shoot. Out of nowhere, the sound man put his...
Cultural Context and The Rise of Instant Brands

Cultural Context and The Rise of Instant Brands

As I watched the fear generated by the attacks in Paris morph into fear of Syrian refugees in America, I was curious to know more about Americans’ reactions to immigration over the years. When did it begin? At what point were there so many new arrivals that the...
Week 13: Resistance Spring

Week 13: Resistance Spring

Compared to the early days of January, our Facebook feeds are back to normal. Still lots of political outrage, but on balance, it’s the old normal: dogs, nature, kids, food, travel and the like. To find a good mix of actions and activities for this post, we have to...
Week 12: Where is your MoC?

Week 12: Where is your MoC?

Members of Congress are on spring break for the next two weeks. Naturally, we thought we’d all be visiting them at events around town. Alas, it won’t be that easy. The Facebook groups we use to find meetings and rallies did not list a single event. We found one...
Week 10: What you are doing

Week 10: What you are doing

The political climate that defeated Obamacare “doesn’t exist in nature. It is created by people engaged in political action.” So says Rachel Maddow. She taped this the night before the repeal / replace vote was pulled, explaining that its defeat began in early...
Leaving the Catbird’s Seat

Leaving the Catbird’s Seat

As I watched the fear generated by the attacks in Paris morph into fear of Syrian refugees in America, I was curious to know more about Americans’ reactions to immigration over the years. When did it begin? At what point were there so many new arrivals that the...