Monthly Archives: February 2012

Mourning Anthony Shadid

~~Our world is impoverished by the death of Anthony Shadid, who, it seems, died yesterday of an asthma attack while covering the events in Syria. There is so much bad journalism in our media about the Middle East, so much … Continue reading

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A Separation–the big questions, light as a feather

Finally, I saw A Separation, the Iranian film which has generated so much praise and which is up for an Oscar in several categories. I say finally because I have been waiting for it since I first heard about it … Continue reading

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