Media Matters: Presidents, publishers and ‘Citizen Kane’
“You know, Mr. Thatcher, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man.”
– Charles Foster Kane
Columns
On My Plate: Eggplant
Eggplant was first domesticated in Asia around 4,000 years ago in either South Asia or East Asia (sources disagree). Eggplant cultivation moved westward from India to Persia, Mediterranean lands, across Europe and to the Americas (possibly brought by Thomas Jefferson).
Local Legends: The international architect
Even into his last years, Furth continued drawing, sketching actors on TV and objects from daily life, oftentimes giving away his sketches.
In defense of some processed foods
Unless you are knee-deep in an Alaskan stream eating a raw salmon while a grizzly judges your technique, you are, in fact, engaging in some level of processing. And that is a-okay.
On My Plate: Okra
“Okra is spiritual, and that’s why it’s not for everyone.”
Observations: Trump and anticommunism
The Red Scare, in the aftermath of World War I, was a sorry episode in American society.
Media Matters: Local news and state support
“The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.”
–Bill Moyers