I have experienced few more beautiful things than the simple act of sitting next to my mom and cousin as they go through black and white photos from their past in Portugal. Hilarious stories, sad stories, political stories, mysterious stories; I try to make mental notes and the...
Aristides de Sousa Mendes ignored the orders of the facist Portuguese government during WWII, by helping people escape to Portugal. A diplomat in Bordeaux, he gave visas to thousands of Jewish and nonJewish refugees trying to escape the Nazi occupation. When it was discovered, he was fired,...
Nationalism has long been the cause of alot of pain and broken dreams in the history of the world. Yet nationalism is the force that brings about so many changes in so many places, even in this day and age. I was working in Portugal several years ago when...
Recently I started a job with a sustainable investment conference and consultancy, know as TBLI. Among my responsibilities with them, I'll be handling alot of their web presence including the TBLI blog which is now listed in the right hand margin under "I also publish". First let me say...
This section of my CCC'07 talk on Rebellious Communication and the Federal Flood looks at prisons and public housing in New Orleans. You'll notice at the end I come to a conclusion not unlike that which Naomi Klein later did in her book the shock doctrine. Remember to update...
