350.org is an influential newcomer to the environmental movement. I was curious to hear how they got their start so I used this social media piece as an excuse to talk with some interesting people. An abridged version of this story focused exclusively on 350.org ran on the front page of the Huffington Post’s Green [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Britain’
A Triumph of Ignorance
Posted in More Intelligent Life, tagged Britain, Film, Religion on September 21, 2009 |
When I originally submitted it, this post also touched on the difficult path into the US market trod of another controversial film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus–and had the catchy title “Darwin, the Devil and American Cinema.” Why my editor chose to entirely chop out all references to Heath Ledger’s last film, I do not [...]
The Ultimate Prize: The Stanley Cup
Posted in More Intelligent Life, tagged Advertising, Afghanistan, Britain, Religion, Sport, Travel on June 1, 2009 |
I wrote this on Sunday night in between stoppages of play during Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Wings won and my piece got posted the next evening so I was pretty happy with the results. Hockey fan or not, be sure to watch the ad I refer to in the post–I asked my editor to embed the [...]
Kai Bird: The Nation’s Foreign Editor
Posted in The Nation, tagged Britain, Foreign Policy, Literature, New York, Travel on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although The Nation is legally registered as a for-profit company, it has lost money for nearly all of the magazine’s 144 year history and has only survived through the unwavering support of what are now some 30,000 Nation Associates. This profile was written for The Associate, the quarterly newsletter that goes out to all those rabid Nationistas. [...]
With Jobs Like These…
Posted in More Intelligent Life, tagged Britain, Film, Health Care, Humor, New York, Recession on April 1, 2009 |
“…Who Needs Jobs?” was the full suggested title of my April Fools’ piece. Last week, Britain’s health minister made some ill-considered comments about men’s health during a recession. He explained that while men are ordinarily reluctant to seek healthcare and advice, they are suddenly more likely to see a doctor once they are unemployed, if precedent “in this [...]
Green.view: No more pyrotechnics
Posted in The Economist, tagged Britain, Environment, Music on June 2, 2008 |
Taming the rock-concert industry’s excesses AS ANY country-music fan knows, Willie Nelson, America’s favourite outlaw-troubadour, can’t wait to get on the road again. Although he often sings about whiskey, since 2004 his tireless touring has been fueled by an entirely different sort of liquid: biofuel (which he has cleverly branded “BioWillie”). Mr Nelson, one of [...]
