John A. Coleman

I sat riveted to my seat for two plus hours watching the prize-winning film by Matteo Garrone Gomorra At times I squirmed nervously viewing some violence or murders in the film The film which won the Grand Pris at Cannes in 2008 and the European film prize the same year inexplicably was overlo

On March 5 the California Supreme Court began its hearings for its decision on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 passed as a referendum by California voters in November 2008 affirming that marriage is to be defined nbsp as between a man and a woman Proposition 8 was supported by 52 of t

Like many other concerned citizens who are not specialists in climatology I have regularly looked for some helpful keys to understand and assess the many controverted claims about global warming How fast is it happening How urgent is it that we act now At what level of parts per million can we t

Waltz with Bashir is unlike any other film I have ever seen Both a documentary and an animation film–it is competing for Academy awards for both best animation and best foreign film from Israel–it is a surrealistic often harrowing and deeply thought-provoking film I left the showing literally

I have determined to spend the last week of Advent and the first week of Christmas meditating and reflecting on Edward Hicks rsquo The Peaceable Kingdom Hicks a Pennsylvania Quaker 1780-1849 was an autodidact as a painter although later in life he trained apprentices including the importan

It is not usual to commemorate especially 27th anniversaries Perhaps fittingly since he died at age 27 the 27th anniversary of Bobby Sands lingering death by hunger strike at Long Kesh prison in Northern Ireland in 1981 gets powerfully evoked and the complex issues around it penetratingly r

What a difference four years make–or is it merely an ideological shift The National Intelligence Council has been doing every few years projections of global trends for 2010 2015 2020 and just recently November 2008 2025 Four years ago the NIC scenarios saw globalization as irreversible