The wonderful Maira Kalman is writing and painting a new blog, “And the Pursuit of Happiness,” for NYTimes.com. New entries appear the final Friday of each month and include Kalman’s thoughts on American democracy. This first installment is especially divine: The Inauguration. At Last.
For more Maira, watch her TEDTalk:
The story of writing in Africa: Saki Mafundikwa at TED2013Saki Mafundikwa founded the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts, ZIVA, a Bauhaus-style school focused on African heritage. (“Vigital” denotes visual arts taught using digital tools.) It’s the first graphic design and new media college in the nation, and he wanted his students to understand the power of design–and in particular to understand “the long tradition of writing” […]
Openness about injuries: Q&A with Joshua PragerUntil he was 19, Joshua Prager wanted to play professional baseball or be a doctor. After 19, he was just glad he could walk. For eight years Prager was a senior editor at The Wall Street Journal, where he was a four-time Pulitzer Prize nominee for his long-form pieces investigating historical secrets. In his talk […]
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Ryan N commented on Apr 18 2009
This is a wonderful painting made by a very innovative and thinker showing her idea or thoughts of American Democracy. Part of the Democratic Party,Tim Johnson, State Senator in South Dakota, is drawing fire from his opinions about payday loans or lending. He is advocating for regulation, but not an outright ban, on payday loans. Tim Johnson received campaign contributions from payday loan lenders, but he says it doesn’t affect his position. He purports that while regulating practices so that they aren’t predatory is a good aim, but ban first and ask questions later policies benefit nobody, least of all the consumer, as they will be driven to far worse alternatives. That is a wise stance on payday loans from Tim Johnson..