The story of Asser Levy and the first Jews in New Amsterdam. It’s even true!. Many thanks to the brilliant Alana Newhouse and classy staff especially Rachel Silberman and Wayne Hoffman at Tablet magazine for great help on this. The lesson being, in America, good networking can be everything. Another is that Illustration Next means … Read more
After 5 years of a foreign policy that felt like the one promulgated by Bush, the anti-Bush moment has arrived. John Kerry fulfills the promise of the wobegone Obama by negotiating the world further away from war. To think that the guy to finally reverse the shoot-first doctrine would be the guy we voted for … Read more
. . . Geithner got his Crony Capitalist private equity job. What took him so long? Maybe the revolving door kept hitting him in the back. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/11/16/geithner-to-join-private-equity-firm/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131117
Filipino Climate Chief Yeb Saño’s impassioned plea for his country and humanity. Must see: Contribute: Save the Children Sign: 350.org
Tuesday Nov. 5, 7PM, at the SVA amphitheater, open to the public. An update of a lecture I gave in 2010 discussing the work that artists are doing outside the traditional editorial framework. This is in acknowledgement of the changing world we all live in. I didn’t feel I was doing a complete enough job … Read more
