McKibben in Wanaka
Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:00:15 -0700
by Gareth on April 19, 2009 American environmentalist, writer, educator and founder of 350.orgBill McKibben is in New Zealand this month, and will be speaking at Wanaka’s Festival of Colour on Wednesday 29th April. Bill will be on stage for two sessions at the Infinity Crystal Palace, the first of which — at 10-30am on the impacts of global warming — will also feature me: Bill’s covering the big picture, and I’m providing the local colour. It’s an honour to share the stage with Bill, and I’ll b
Support for Gay Marriage
Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:51:45 -0700
John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign manager is urging Republicans to rethink their position on gay marriage . 'Steve Schmidt, a California political strategist, has long held more moderate views on social issues than do many top GOP officials. Yesterday, he used a speech in front of the gay rights group Log Cabin Republicans to urge the party to shift its views on same-sex marriage. Otherwise, he said, it will continue losing voters who are younger than 35 or who live outside the South.
Dappled Things: Easter Edition
Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:59:52 -0700
Here is the latest line-up for Dappled Things : It’s funny-eerily funny, some might say-how Lent falls upon you just as you’ve finished reading that last story, savoring that last poem from the Advent/Christmas issue of Dappled Things . What follows? A desert: a literary desert of forty-plus days that you must endure before rejoicing at last in the glory of Easter-and the delights of the new issue that comes with it! Dear reader, your days of penance are over: the Lent/Easter 2009
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