Tag Archives: Harrison Ford

no escape

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Dave

The impossibility of dropping out? …. Our protest culture, whatever the historical precedents, be it baby boomers of Woodstock or back to the desert hermits and mystics of yore; whatever the worthiness of its aims, noble and earnest the approach … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Dylan Thomas, H.G. Wells, H.G. Wells When the Sleeper Wakes, Harrison Ford, Henri Lanos, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, paul theroux, The Mosquito Coast movie | Leave a comment

between the cracks

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Dave

Sometimes you hear a far-fetched story and it turns out to be true. Apparently in the late 1960′s during the long reign of Jean Drapeau as Montreal mayor he agreed to meet the mayor of a religious community in Israel … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Cinque Scole Synagogue Rome, Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mayor Jean Drapeau Montreal, Pope Pius V, Stephen Marche | Leave a comment

bank run but you can’t hide

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Dave

Discrepancy of wealth, that yawning chasm between the haves the have haves and the uber haves vs. the slaves on the bottom of the pyramid has always been a populist theme. Our brains seem to be hard-wired to rearrange the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged albert spaggiari, barry critchley, Bill gates, chasing madoff documentary, Eliot Spitzer, eric cantona, eric cantona banks, eric lam financial post, Frank Genovese Babson College, Harrison Ford, harry markopolos, jamie golombek, jeff prosserman, Mark Zuckerberg, michael bloomberg, paul theroux, Steven Spielberg, stop banque, the giving pledge, Warren Buffett | Leave a comment

SUMPTUOUS ART & A HOAX ON DEATH

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Dave

“Crystal skulls have undergone serious scholarly scrutiny, but they also excite the popular imagination because they seem so mysterious. Theories about their origins abound. Some believe the skulls are the handiwork of the Maya or Aztecs, but they have also … Continue reading →