Film: Haevnen/In A Better World (2010, dir by Susanne Bier, written by Anders Thomas Jensen, Sony Pictures Classics)

In A Better World (Wikipedia, IMDB, Trailer) is a fabulous film. Danish director Susanne Bier (known for After the Wedding, and Brothers) won the Best Foreign Language Oscar in 2010 for this tightly-wound, emotional, family drama about forgiveness and revenge. The film is set in two very different locations - a refugee camp in an unnamed African country and a small town in Denmark. The lives of two families, each in their own period of crisis, cross each other. US film lovers can check the Sony Pictures Classics website to find theater venues.

Film: The Tillman Story by Amir Bar-Lev

The Tillman Story (A&E Indie Films, The Weinstein Company, Passion Pictures; directed by Amir Bar-Lev), is the story of Pat Tillman, a football player, an American soldier, his family, his army buddies, and much more. Highly recommended!

Thomas Friedman: We're Number 1(1)!

We're Number 1(1)! was Thomas Friedman's Op-Ed for September 12, 2010, and I recommend it.

The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality by Frank Rich (NY Times, March 13)

The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality, Frank Rich's column on March 13th in the New York Times, shows how propoganda and self-deception work among leaders of the George W Bush wing of the Republican Party. Recommended.

NYTimes.com: Thomas Friedman "The Fat Lady Has Sung"

Thomas Friedman's February 21, 2010 opinion piece for the New York Times, entitled The Fat Lady Has Sung, is an excellent summary of where the United States currently is, and what we need to expect and demand from the political class, including our President, and from taxpayers, workers, citizens, small business owners.

Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday at Madison Square Garden Benefiting Clearwater (May 3, 2009)

PBS' Great Performance has a wonderful website with videos giving the flavor of the Fabulous event held in New York's Madison Square Garden in honor of Peter Seeger's 90th birthday and his contributions to social justice, the environment and folk music.

The 2-disc DVD recording of the concert is available for purchase here.

Photographing World Leaders in 1 minute sitting at the UN: Platon (for The New Yorker)

You can listen to or download a 10-minute interview of The New Yorker's staff photographer Platon, as he talks about spending 5 days without a break taking 60-second portrait photos of world leaders just before or after their addresses to the UN General Assembly.

Anna Daevere Smith's Let Me Down Easy in New York City is pretty timely, now that the US Congress is trying to address health care.

Lauretta Jones (Artist, Nature Lover)

The website of my friend Lauretta Jones, is, not surprising, one of the most attractive ones I've seen, and gives you a good flavor of her work teaching, exhibiting, and preserving plants and natural spaces.

Young People Need Progress on Climate Protection - Photos

Photos of Young People whose safety is at risk if human-accelerated Climate Change is not slowed.