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Video: Noam Chomsky - When Elites Fail

Entitled "When Elites Fail," Chomsky talked for about one hour and 13 minutes. Due to the length of the talk, I broke it up into two parts. He begins by asking the question, what should we do when elites fail? His simple answer, "get rid of them", ...

From JIM LOCKHART, Portland Indymedia,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Noam Chomsky

Bysiewicz' ceremonies for veterans raise questions

want to honor veterans," Healy said. "I'm sure they're grateful to be honored and that's fine, but the underlying issue is 'why?' "¦ It's a way for Susan Bysiewicz to expand her political footprint under the absurdity that the secretary of the state's ...

From BRIAN LOCKHART STAFF WRITER, The Stamford Advocate,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Susan Bysiewicz,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  James Amann,  Quinnipiac University

Video:No Kill Animal Shelters

While the no kill concept is not widely accepted or practiced at the moment, there are inroads being made at public shelters across the country. The nation's largest shelter system and city, New York, has made a commitment to be no kill by 2015 and ...

From JIM LOCKHART, Portland Indymedia,  15 Nov 2009

M. Lisa Moody: The other woman who runs Connecticut

help with policy and make sure that gets carried out." Anyone who cast a vote for Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell over the last 15 years also elected Moody, her powerful, little known chief of staff and longtime friend who has been embroiled in a recent ...

From BRIAN LOCKHART INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, The Connecticut Post,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Connecticut,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Republican Party,  M. Jodi Rell,  U.S. Democratic Party

Blinking, Amphibious Creations Bring Architecture To Fish

Amphibious Architecture submerges ubiquitous computing into the water—the substance that makes up 90% of the Earth’s inhabitable volume and envelops New York City but remains under-explored and under-engaged. Two networks of floating ...

From LOCKHART, Curbed,  11 Nov 2009

Lamont scrambles Dems, but what does that mean for Rell?

he was forming an exploratory committee for statewide office. game for another term or intends to retire. Former U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont's decision this week to explore a run for governor in 2010 has changed the dynamic of the race for the ...

From BRIAN LOCKHART STAFF WRITER, The Stamford Advocate,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  University of Connecticut,  U.S. Senate,  Ned Lamont

Gala Debuts: Introducing Eater Portland and Eater Miami!

Your attention, please. Today we welcome two new Eater sites into the fold: Eater Portland and Eater Miami. Just like the established sites in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco that you've come to know and frequent, the pair of newcomers will ...

From LOCKHART, Eater LA,  5 Nov 2009

Video: Report Back on Mad As Hell Doctors U.S. Tour

Paul Hochfeld, an emergency room physician and Michael Huntington, a retired radiation oncologist, begin the program with a discussion of the need for health care reform before talking about their tour. Also included in the program is a 22 minute ...

From JIM LOCKHART, Portland Indymedia,  5 Nov 2009

Video: Interview With Author of "Native America: Discovered and Conquered

Some quotes from the interview: "The United States adopted this Doctrine of Discovery from Europe, from the English colonies and made this part of the law to control Native people, to control Tribal Nations.......to acquire all their land." "The ...

From JIM LOCKHART, Portland Indymedia,  1 Nov 2009

Did Linda McMahon plan to run for Senate all along?

well-thought-out, well-financed effort, could that not have been known to her at the time people like myself stood in her defense for her candidacy on the state Board of Education?" Cafero said. "There's a feeling of, 'Hey, I feel a little used here.' " ...

From BRIAN LOCKHART STAFF WRITER, The Stamford Advocate,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Linda McMahon,  U.S. Senate,  M. Jodi Rell,  Christopher Dodd,  Martin Looney

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