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image courtesy Wikicommons   On the heels of the success of House of Cards on HBO, the cable news channels (and the networks) have  launched their own drama series – MOTHERLAND. Like House of Cards and Homeland, it is...

“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross”. So wrote (theoretically) Sinclair Lewis. It would seem he was wrong. When fascism came to America, it came wrapped in a Reality TV...

Fake news is a problem. Everyone thinks so, even President Obama who decried it in Berlin yesterday (that is, if TVNewser is to be believed.  Who knows?) To my mind, Fake News is not really a problem. It is...

I don’t have to recite the litany of his flaws and failings and sheer ignorance. That has all been well documented over the past year or two. And yet, it would seem, a majority or at least close to...

In a recent article in WITNESS , professional photographer Adrian Hadland discusses the state of the professional photography business. It is a profession under enormous pressure.  The advent of digital photography, and smart phone cameras in particular have made ‘everyone’...

We are living in a period of masive change. I am reading AGE OF DISCOVERY by Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna. The sub-title of the book is “Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance”.  And risks and...