Loca-what?! Locavores are sweeping the nation- by foot and corn oil operated vehicles of course.  What is a locavore?  You ask.  Well, I’m glad you asked.  A locavore is a person who consumes food that has been made locally and did not have to travel a great distance to get to them.  One of the easiest ways to get your hands on some delicious local fare is to head to a farmers market.  Many people can think of countless reasons to not go to the farmers market, but I’ve taken it upon myself to tell you the many reasons why you should. You can taste before you buy. For the majority of goods sold at farmers markets you can get a...

The Earth did not rumble and the world did not shake, but the seeds of revolutionary thinking are rarely born with much fanfare. Marked by RecordSetter, the world’s largest movie premiere happened this past Sunday, Earth Day, in more than 160 countries. With the United Nations’ full support, there were screenings in UN locations around the world, including the General Assembly in NYC, where I sat at Azerbaijan’s seat. What unites humanity? Kyle Ruddick, director, and Brandon Litman, producer, may have unintentionally showed us. On October 10, 2010, 3000 hours of footage (or 125 full days of video) was submitted from more than 19,000...

As the country waits to see who the GOP Vice-Presidential nominee will be this year,  I thought it might be enlightening to take a glimpse into the lives of the men who have served as Vice-Presidents.  The late comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s famous tag line was ‘I get no respect.’ The same may be said of the occupants of the office of our nation’s Second-in-Command.  Over the last 220 years, 47 men have held the office.    John Adams, our nation’s first ‘Second-in-Command,’ was quoted as saying: “I am Vice President and in this I am nothing.” John Nance Garner, who occupied the office...

Let me begin by saying that you must forgive my verbose digressions but I feel they are necessary for thinking through this film. Bully, not to be confused with Larry Clark’s shocking exhibition, is an interesting film, though not quite a great film. Many documentaries, or I should say, all, are biased in some way toward a particular subject or ideology that is put forth. The moment a shot is edited with another shot, it has been shaped to project the filmmakers point of view. Truly, even when a camera is turned on and framed on a specific subject, your pov is exhibited – you have already decided what to leave in or out of a...

It is early in the presidential primary season.  The Republican Party is split between two front runners.  A trusted confidante of both men has taken a sabbatical to Europe to regain his health.  During his trip abroad, he must determine for whom he would work for.  The future of the Republican Party and the outcome of the presidential election is dependent on this man’s decision. Is this scenario taking place in 2012?  No, it is happening in 1912.  The two GOP front runners are former president Theodore Roosevelt and his hand-picked successor in 1908, the reluctant but dutiful William Howard Taft.  Throughout his adult life,...