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7/6 Gold Medal Grandmothers Soar Through the Glass Ceiling
KONA, HI ~ If you haven’t heard of the WASP, or Women Airforce Service Pilots, it’s because 65 years ago these brave women who flew non-combat missions for the U. S. Army were unceremoniously disbanded so that male pilots could have their jobs. In one of his large compensatory gestures, President Obama signed S. 614 last week, a bill awarding my mother and 1,101 other pioneering women the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor for their …read more
6/29 The Light of Genius - Michael Jackson Tribute
KONA, HI ~ You can’t save genius. Genius is meant to be spent. Genius is its own self-guiding force, rising up from a heart so open and free it dances and sings with the energy of the gods. The passing of any artist or genius leaves a gap in creation, but the passing of one so globally significant as Michael Jackson almost blinds us with the voltage of his brilliant light. No, you can’t save …read more
6/10 Laughter Matters
Stephen Colbert’s broadcast from Saddam Hussein’s former Al Faw Palace in Iraq this week on Comedy Central opened up a new brand of diplomacy in the world, a ha-ha-logue, which goes to show that laughing is not only a laughing matter. It’s good politics! Swinging a golf club like USO icon Bob Hope used to do, Colbert told the audience what a thrill it was to bring his show to the brave military men and …read more
5/21 The Science of Humor & Swami Beyondananda
The funniest thing about comedian Swami Beyondananda is not that he’s a dead-ringer for Groucho Marx. It’s not that he’s dead-serious about mind-bending our ideas on government, education, and partnership. Nor is it that he’s dead-on one of the zaniest political comics on the planet today. The funniest thing about the Swami is that he’s a genuine live-wire, and his electrical brand of satire is contagious. When we listen to his one-liners for only a …read more
5/8 Dream Catcher Ties the Knot
In Honor of the Marriage of Amy Sue Minor and Joseph Andrew Willems Saturday, May 16, 2009 E Ola Mau Ka Lokahi (“May your unification be boundless” in Hawaiian) the daring of the dream catcher dancers A magnificent woman who danced with our Dream Catcher Dance troupe in the sizzling Illinois heat one summer 12 years ago is getting married this May. Through celebration of the Dream Catcher, which symbolizes how we are all connected …read more
