Archive For February 2010
A Poll is not a Vote
on February 28, 2010 by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
A POLL IS NOT A VOTE:
So many of the political pundits on talk radio, television and in the newspapers claim to know what “We, the People” want. They claim to have polled a sufficient number of folks from every persuasion, denomination, and walk of life and to know within statistical margins of error what it is the people desire.
Transforming Advertising for 2010?
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
As an active board member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, I always look forward to attending the annual conference. There are few non-client gatherings I make it a habit to attend annually and the fact that Huffington Post is graciously providing this very forum speaks volumes to the influence our industry has. Thanks to Arianna and her people for their participation.
The theme this year is Transformation, something Nancy Hill has been aggressively (and successfully!) pursuing since her first day. Even the nature of this event provides evidence, as the media and leadership conferences have been combined in order to tackle the many mutual, strategic issues that do not exist in a silo.
A Titanic Budget in an Ocean of Icebergs: Will the USS Budget Go Down?
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
Crossposted with TomDispatch.com.
Send up a flare! The 2011 federal budget has sprung some leaks in the midst of a storm. Not sure there’s enough money for life rafts! Forget women and children first!
America Over a Barrel
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
There are some things I just don’t get.
One of them is America’s chronic inability to address our energy dependence on countries hostile to our core values.
I So Hate Winter — and Now You Will Too!
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
A list of tips on getting through winter from one who’s decided the W word is inhuman.
1. Forget layers. Pretend it is warm–fake it. Walk outside proudly and stupidly.
Reflections on Bernard-Henri Lévy
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
I have been reading all that has been written recently about Bernard-Henri Lévy. I’ve been observing the incredible campaign of which he has been the object, impugned for an obscure story of a pseudonymous author who supposedly tricked him. And it seems to me the intellectual discourse in this case has descended to zero. (Wasn’t the daily, Libération, forced to close the discussion section that usually accompanies articles about and by Bernard-Henri Lévy, due to an invasion of anti-Semitic comments?)
As I write these lines, I am absorbed by Pièces d’Identité, the most voluminous of his two books published just days ago. There I have found the voice and the passion of someone who supported me to the very end and beyond, never doubting or tiring. I found his texts concerning the Left, its future, its values, and its necessary reconstruction theoretical, often controversial, sometimes unjust, but always stimulating.
President Obama:Nuclear Power is neither "safe" nor "clean
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
During President Obama’s recent State of the Union speech, Congress applauded as the President announced his intention to expand “safe and clean” nuclear power. The following week the President proposed an additional $54 billion in loan guarantees to the already heavily subsidized nuclear industry.
It seems that the Obama Administration and Congress have miraculously discovered the cure for radiation induced cancer, the solution for long term safe storage of nuclear waste and the secure containment of nuclear materials from theft or terrorist attack at nuclear power plants. It’s more likely that the President and Congress are poised to dangerously repeat the same costly mistakes of the past at the expense of public health and safety and national security.
Move More, Rest More
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
We don’t rest enough. We don’t move enough.
Those are the paradoxical conclusions from a series of studies that got a lot of media attention last week.
Robert Greenwald On Why TV Series Smearing Kennedys Should Be Stopped (VIDEO)
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
On Sunday, filmmaker Robert Greenwald appeared on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” to discuss his campaign against a proposed TV miniseries about the Kennedys, slated to appear on the History Channel.
The series is being produced by Joel Surnow, the creator of “24″ and a supporter of George Bush, who Greenwald says “deliberately distorts historical fact” in order to smear the Kennedy family. “I don’t care what your politics are,” Greenwald says. “This is a below-the-belt trashing of a president of the United States — not on policy, but character assassination.”