Taiji dolphin slaughter caught on film: ‘The Cove’ (2009)
The Cove is a 2009 documentary about an annual dolphin slaughter — 23,000 bottlenose dolphins killed every year in a secluded bay at the whaling town of Taiji, Japan. We first became aware of it when it won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary, and finally...‘Farmer John’ movie documents Illinois farmer’s life
We watched a DVD last night that turned out to be an unexpected delight. The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a 2005 documentary about the life of a farmer, John Peterson of the Angelic Organics farm at Caledonia, Illinois, which is just a little northeast of Rockford,...Jackson Browne, ‘The Barricades of Heaven’
Jackson Browne, ‘The Barricades of Heaven’ Above is a YouTube video of Jackson Browne performing “The Barricades of Heaven” at the Glastonbury Festival in southwest England in June of 2010. The song — originally released on Browne’s...Milkweed Bug infestation of Butterfly Weed
Milkweed Bug infestation of Butterfly Weed Pictured here is the original idea — purple Liatris spicata spikes paired against orange Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) blossoms in one of our backyard flower beds. Both attract butterflies, both are easy-to-grow...Federal debt, Medicare, spending, deficit: President Obama’s speech
[President Obama’s speech: White House video and text transcript.] Remarks by the President on Fiscal Policy George Washington University Washington, D.C. 1:48 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Please have a seat. Please have a seat, everyone....White-tailed deer at Mitchell School, Racine Wisconsin
< Previous Photos Next > White-tailed deer at Mitchell School, Racine Wisconsin Racine, Wisconsin — A pair of white-tailed deer stands at the corner of Webster Street and Drexel Avenue in front of Mitchell Middle School. They came east from Taylor Avenue,...White-tailed deer crossing Racine, Wisconsin street
< Previous Photos Next > White-tailed deer crossing Racine, Wisconsin street Racine, Wisconsin — A pair of white-tailed deer cross the 2800 block of Webster Street on a Saturday morning. They came east from Taylor Avenue, wandered around Mitchell Middle School...Paul Ryan is Dagwood Bumstead
In the video clip above we see Rachel Maddow, aggravated over Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and the tendency of the news media to portray him as a bright and earnest young man on the rise — a numbers-whiz with a sharpened pencil behind his ear who has the guts to level...‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’ (1988 movie)
We watch a lot of foreign films, and always enjoyed movies from Orion Pictures, but somehow Amy and I have never seen The Unbearable Lightness of Being, director Philip Kaufman’s 1988 adaptation of Milan Kundera’s 1984 novel. We haven’t read the...
