POSSIBLY THE BEST WORD for it, and it’s meant approvingly, is ‘farrago‘.
New York’s Lincoln Center, specifically its august resIdent The Metropolitan Opera, is currently wowing much of its faithful audience and enticing a newer public (which looked to me quite a younger one) with its decidedly multimedia — and multiply-sourced — confection known as The Enchanted Island. Continue reading “Mixed-Media Extravaganza — and a Global Message” »
THIS WEEKEND BRINGS A PIQUANT moment for me — a telling anniversary in the chronicles of information-management, as well as a horrifying memory in itself. At 4.10 p.m. Sunday afternoon, exactly 40 years ago, I witnessed soldiers shooting innocent civilians dead, an atrocity that officialdom instantly lied about — and provoked a four-decade struggle to get the truth finally established. Continue reading “Struggle Through Decades to Overturn Massacre Lies” »
THEY LINED UP in familiar opposing ranks. On one side Rupert Murdoch, sounding crustier than ever now that he tweets … the Motion Picture Association of America (which of course includes Murdoch’s 20th Century Fox studios) … and other traditional media conglomerates like NBC Universal. On the other side, younger digital dynamos like Google, Mozilla, WordPress and Wikipedia. Continue reading “SOPA and PIPA Battle Far From Over” »
THANK YOU, DIGITAL REVOLUTION! You’ve given us many benefits, to be sure, but now this. We are living, apparently, at the mercy of people with the manners of a chimpanzee and the tongue of a Sicilian fishwife.
Such is the assessment of Misha Glenny, a British compatriot and colleague of mine who distinguished himself internationally with some powerful reporting on the Balkan wars, and since then has been trenchantly exposing the workings of global organized crime. Continue reading “Cyber Threats — and Remedies — Get Overdue Airing” »
IT WAS GUARANTEED TO GET full media attention, President Barack Obama‘s unprecedented trip to the Pentagon to personally announce the US military’s mid-term future.
Defense correspondents and commentators did not have to read between the lines much to pass on the twin message that our armed forces will be managed in a leaner fashion, and with a decided tilt strategically toward countering threats in Asia. Continue reading “Presidential Media ‘Contest’ Pales Beside China Challenge” »
