Continue Reading It’s just rowdy youth, they say It’s just rowdy youth was a typical commentary found in some Austrian media in light of the news that an art project…
Continue Reading The Crystal Ball’s Defect, they say First there was Australia. Polls predicted the Australian Labor Party would win over the conservative-led coalition in the two-party preferred vote. That…
Continue Reading Glorious Sacrifice, they say. Yesterday’s Memorial Day commemorations, honoring those who lost their lives fighting wars, happened in the context of this warning: “It is a…
Continue Reading Community Memory One of the regrettable side products of a society on the move – whether moving is voluntary or not – is the…
Continue Reading Community Alliances Large parts of the European population are trembling this week, worried about the outcome of the upcoming European elections where 350 million…
Continue Reading Community Action 18.248 – that is the official number of refugees who during the last 5 years drowned or went missing in the Mediterranean,…
Continue Reading Community Involvement A few days ago a drab high school campus in L.A. was transformed – community-relevant paintings — done by 31 artists as…
Continue Reading Community Representation The auditorium at Jefferson High School was humming like a beehive, punctuated by giggles and squeals of excited youngsters greeting each other,…
Continue Reading Ospreys The osprey, or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) has many names. It is also known as sea hawk, river hawk, and…
Continue Reading Herons I have never seen a dying bird. Plenty of dead ones, mind, but never one at the very moment. Small mercies, I…
