Monthly Archives: March 2012

Video: Radiohead’s Paranoid Android

Posted on 03/29/2012, 2:10 pm, by Kevin Featherly

Just because I can…. Somehow presenting this song in video form as a one-dimensional cartoon makes it even more disturbing. Too bad they passed up an opportunity to graphically depict the “unborn chicken voices” in Thom Yorke’s head, though. Enjoy.

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From the ‘Are You Flippin’ Kidding Me?’ Dept.

Posted on 03/23/2012, 3:56 pm, by Kevin Featherly

Geraldo Rivera blames Trayvon Martin’s choice of apparel for his death. A ha! The hoodie is the culprit! That Geraldo. Some slueth! Problem: I’m wearing a hoodie right now. Should I worry that someone is going to shoot me, too, … Continue reading →

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Tom Horner Says No to Gay Marriage Ban

Posted on 03/21/2012, 5:22 pm, by Kevin Featherly

Tom Horner, the respected, centrist 2010 Independence Party candidate for governor–and former Republican–has come out against the constitutional ban on gay marriage in Minnesota. The party has posted a video containing his statement. Watch it here:

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Positions, Schmozitions!

Posted on 03/21/2012, 11:19 am, by Kevin Featherly

So, is the issue that so few Americans pay any attention at all to the news that a top presidential campaign adviser—in this case Eric Fehrnstrom for Mitt Romney—can feel comfortable speaking the unvarnished truth on TV? No matter how … Continue reading →

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West Coast Vakay

Posted on 03/13/2012, 5:49 pm, by Kevin Featherly

I’m finally getting around to posting some pictures of my West Coast vacation, as requested by my old buddy Jane Vallie-Amdahl. View More Photos

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Is Character Fate?

Posted on 03/13/2012, 2:33 pm, by Kevin Featherly

Heraclitus of Ephesus (535 BC – 475 BC) taught that character is destiny. As we’ve come to understand genetic science, we have learned he may have had a point. In this video (which I edited and helped to shoot) the … Continue reading →

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War: What Was It Good For?

Posted on 03/13/2012, 12:12 pm, by Kevin Featherly

Today brought a heart-rending statement from George Packer, one of our great American writers. From today’s New Yorker online: “If things look grim in Afghanistan, they hardly look better in Iraq. And it’s terrible to think that this is the … Continue reading →

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