To everything, there is a season, according to Pete Seeger’s song, “Turn, Turn, Turn,” drawn from the Book of Ecclesiastes. This…
Yearly Archives: 2012
WE ARE WISCONSIN
Amie Williams, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, will be at Occidental College to screen her new film, “WE ARE WISCONSIN!” …
O’Reilly’s Problem with Peter Dreier
It was inevitable… Last night Peter Dreier spoke on Bill O’Reilly’s show. Despite saying that he seemed “like an honest…
Mitt’s Mansions
Mitt, who owns three mansions, tells 15 million desperate “under water” homeowners that there’s nothing the government can do to…
Jonathan Kozol speaks at Oxy
Author, education reformer, and social critic Jonathan Kozol spoke at Occidental College yesterday about his new book, Fire in the…
My Interview with Tavis Smiley
You can hear Tavis Smiley’s 15-minute radio interview with me this week about my new book. I’ll also be on Tavis’ TV…
O’Reilly Backlash…
Was it worth spending five minutes on the O’Reilly Factor,taking Bill’s abuse, and having to read the outpouring of…
America’s Worst
Romney’s Ruling Class… Politico obtained the list of attendees at gathering of Romney’s big donors and GOP honchos in Aspen on August 1-2. This…