ann Wenner on the Charlie Rose interview program commented on the late, provocative (gonzo journalist*) Hunter S. Thompson’s death by suicide. Wenner, publisher of Rolling Stone magazine and producer of an oral biography of Thompson, spoke thoughtfully on the profound subject of suicide which also intrigued the 16th Century writer Michel de Montaigne.
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Let’s vote for Obama, …but let’s not go all Kumbaya either,” former California senator Tom Hayden said recently when asked about the upcoming national election. Kumbaya (also Kum Ba Yah), probably comes from Gullah, “a Creole dialect spoken by the former slaves living on the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia.” (Wikipedia). If you [...]

In a recent posting, we complained about the lack of coverage by American media of the traditional, long-standing Olympic sports, notably Track & Field. We remarked that such sports as gymnastics, swimming, and beach volleyball, while themselves respectable, were emphasized disproportionately, that this was the case because NBC (National Broadcasting Network) was delivering audiences to [...]