Sounds Of Nature: Part I
THE SOUNDS OF NATURE, PART I: How BBC Natural History Producers Use Sound Design To Make The Real World Sound Real (as printed in the September 2007 edition of TVBEurope)…
Desperately Seeking Kent
Last month I took a trip to Canterbury to haunt the University of Kent with some friends - fellow alumni of that windswept institution. From the train, at Rochester and…
StoryCorps
Yesterday's edition of the daily news program - Democracy Now, hosted by Amy "National Treasure" Goodman - featured an entire hour devoted to StoryCorps, an American oral history project featuring…
Venezuela Says Nyet To Constitution Changes
In a neck & neck, foto-finish, so-close-it-makes-your-eyes-water plebiscite, Venezuelans have voted 51% No, to 49% Si, to proposed changes to their Constitution.They will still keep their long work week, instead…
Days Of Venezuela and Roses
"He daren't withdrawal. Arabia's part of his empire now. If he gets out now he'll never get back in again."- Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence in "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)So…
Evel Knievel Jumps The Styx
Robert Craig "Evel" KnievelOctober 17, 1938 - November 30, 2007
Viva La Agencia Central de Inteligencia!
November 20,2007MEMORANDUM CONFIDENCIALDe: Michael Middleton Steere, US EmbassyPara: Michael Hayden, Director Agencia Central de Inteligencia.Asunto: Avance de la Fase Terminal de la Operación TenazaTomando en consideración los anteriores avances documentales…
Top 10 Writers To Detain In A National Emergency
There are enemies out there. Many enemies. So many enemies.But the most dangerous enemy is the enemy within. The Homegrown Enemy.You know, most things that are made in the home…