Haiti giving: what canst thou say?

As I continue to follow the Haiti disaster and be bowled over by the magnitude, there are a few agencies I find comfort in knowing are supporting the effort.  It was a wonderful surprise to see Google put together a great page of resources to help get its users focused, one of the major online [...]

Bill Moyers’ Journal hosts Howard Zinn

Once again, Moyers gets into the mix with Zinn, author of The Peoples’ History of the United States on his show.  This went on to promote it as it was aired on The History Channel.  Thanks, again, Moyers!

Moyers on faith and social justice

Once again, Bill Moyers demonstrates his mastery at bringing together powerhouse thinkers on progressive thought.  The July 3 show of Bill Moyers Journal titled “Faith and Social Justice” featured Cornel West, Gary Dorrien, and Serene Jones who collectively teach a course at Union Theological Seminary called “Christianity and the U.S. Crisis” (which can actually be [...]

Socially conscious Christmas

So this year, I’m working a lot on trying to keep with the spirit of Christmas in the post-ghost Scrooge fashion, to make my business “the business of mankind” in our family’s gift-giving.  Living a long way from any members of our family makes it a bit challenging to avoid the shipping costs, but hopefully [...]

Change.gov

Is anyone following this on a regular basis?  I find Change.gov an interesting experiment in goverment–somewhere between a town hall and the fireside chat.  Thus reports the site: Throughout the Presidential Transition Project, this website will be your source for the latest news, events, and announcements so that you can follow the setting up of [...]