One of the TV shows I watch with regularity is Austin City Limits, a PBS show featuring live music. A couple of weeks ago, the featured performer was Cindi Lauper. Although many years have passed since I first heard her sing, she still puts on a good show. One song in particular caught my attention for what it has to say today as we face a future less certain than we have typically known in the past. The song was . . . → Read More: True Colors
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 Comments are closed  Blog  Austin City Limits, bullies, Charles Dickens, Civil War, coal, Cyndi Lauper, dystopian, election, election cycle, eliminating poverty, global warming, Hard Times, hike, LGBT, military conflicts, news, oil, politics, racial parity, religious conflicts, roads, rural, Snowpiercer, sweetness and light, the future, True Colors, uncharted territory We’ve known for a long time that the proof of the pudding is in the eating, but we tend to forget the wide variety of ways the saying applies. When we recognize that everything is “information,” we can begin to notice what is “high-quality” information and what information is of lower quality. The higher the quality, the greater the likelihood that the information will prove true over time. A pudding that looks really good, for example, may not taste as good as it looks. The food you see advertised on TV, is typically not edible. It’s made to look good . . . → Read More: Actions Speak Louder than Words Comments are closed Blog actions, automobiles, behavior, camera, computers, cynicism, Einstein, election, election cycle, feedback, high quality, House, information, insanity, issues, negative advertising, opposition advertising, political, politicians, politics, promises, proof, pudding, results, Senate, silly season, special interests, time, TV advertising, vested interest, voter, voters, voting, words If nothing else, the 2012 election cycle in the States is providing numerous examples of communication with unintended consequences. For those paying attention, it has been instructive. As Yogi Berra famously said, “You can observe a lot by just watching.” One of the most interesting observations has undoubtedly been the reaction to radio host Rush Limbaugh’s comment that a young woman, Sandra Fluke a “slut” for advocating health insure coverage for birth control. The whole story is even stranger than that part. For an overview of men’s most recent efforts to control women’s sexuality in the States, see On . . . → Read More: Rush to Judgment Comments are closed Blog "other", 2012, Adam, babies, birth control, blame women, chastity belts, corpus callosum, culture, Darrell Issa, Democrats, election cycle, equality, Eve, fish, freedom, Interstate Highways, liberty, Marshall McLuhan, medieval, not the language I would have used, Pandora, President Obama, prostitute, rear guard, Republican candidates, Republicans, Rsh Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, sexual, sexual orientation, slut, social media, stereotypes, Yogi Berra |
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