Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman challenges corporate media at WSLR
The day after covering Mitt Romney’s official acceptance of the Republican presidential nomination in Tampa, independent radio stalwart Amy Goodman and her co-author, Denis Moynihan, drove south to Sarasota, to pay a visit to WSLR 96.5 LPFM and to promote their new book, The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope. For many […]
When did activism become anarchism?
It’s nothing but sad to see, read, and hear about the millions upon millions of dollars being spent for the RNC, and the DNC,to be fair, to “protect” the cities from so-called “anarchists” — or what some might call activists, or what others might call Americans just doing their duty — registering their public complaint […]
Hot off the e-presses: Judy Joyce Winn’s The Silver Seahorse
One of the women I admire the most, a friend, mother, fellow writer and fabulous artist named Wendy Winn, lives across the pond in Luxembourg. But we’re lucky that Wendy’s equally talented mom, Judy, lives here in Florida, and we’re lucky that today she’s releasing a new e-book, The Silver Seahorse. I don’t have an e-reader, […]
Wine, cheese and the Sarasota News Leader
Put this on your calendar: The Democratic Club of Sarasota is holding another Wine, Cheese & Politics gathering this Wednesday, and the event will feature some of the reporters and editors at the Sarasota News Leader, the new e-publication I’ve both blogged about and written for. The event description is titled “Can Florida Survive Rick Scott?” […]
Crime, faith and e-books
Are you an e-book reader? You may want to check out three books by an old friend of the family. I remember long, hot summer days during which the author, Jeff Glendenning, and I played hours of tennis and then went swimming in the neighborhood pool. He was the older brother of one of my […]
Book lover paradise in Sarasota
Regular visitors here know I love books (did you notice the Hamlet quotation on my homepage?), but I don’t just love reading them — I also love the process of shopping for them. Few pleasures can match wandering the cramped alleys and navigating the towering stacks of an out-of-the-way independent bookstore with a sprawling collection of reasonably […]
Joseph Monninger’s Finding Somewhere
A horse about to be put down. Two girls decide to take him on a road trip to freedom. Finding Somewhere — a new book by Joseph Monninger, my fiction-writing professor at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. I remember reading one of his books back in, gosh, I guess it was 1992, and a line […]
Sideways in Sarasota
Thanks so much to everyone who’s posted comments on my blog, FB, sent emails and snail mail wishing me well in future writing. Some of you also asked about my past writing and where to read it … my book, Sideways in Sarasota, is one of the best ways to read my early columns — […]
Correcting our correctional system: The Dhamma Brothers
It sounds like a fictional scenario: Take a handful of prisoners locked away for life in a violent, maximum-security Alabama prison and guide them through a 10-day, 100-hour meditation odyssey. But as the trailer for the film based on the story shows, the tale is very real. It’s also incredibly gripping, a tough look at […]
Blinded by Sarasota’s LED Signs
I’m fed up with the ridiculous LED signs that are trivializing our environment, degrading the sensibility of our palm-tree-sunshine-lined streets, and obliterating our good sense with their garish obnoxiousness. (Can you tell where I stand on this issue?) Business that should know better — frequently medical and health-related offices — are throwing these signs up […]