Life, driven by the projects that sustain it
This has been a thinking vacation. We’re here on our annual pilgrimage to Chautauqua, New York, and the Chautauqua Institution. It’s a place of learning and investigation, teaching and debate. And last week, as it happens, great introspection. Each week here at Chautauqua is measured in by a different theme. Here’s the description of last [...]
Chautauqua Day 5: David Marash
David Marash is one of those Emmy-winning journalists who trucks in a different kind of celebrity than the name-trotting sort headlining newscasts today. He’s a genuine article, deep in voice and language, the rare breed of television media personality who believes in the strength of long-format journalism, reporting stories to conclusion, rather than fatigue, and [...]
Chautauqua Photos
For those interested, I’ve started a flickr set of pictures from around the institution, including some larger pictures of the guest lecturers so far. Yes, most are family pics, OPC (other people’s children), but they’re cute children — what can I say. Click here to head to flickr!
Chautauqua, Day 4: Juan Williams
National Public Radio’s Juan Williams is funny. No, you can’t tell from the picture. Here he looks angry. Brooding. Somber. Morose. He came out on stage and sat in the chair awaiting his introduction for nearly a full minute looking just… like… this. Scarey. But then, the humor came, delivered secretly in that NPR monotone [...]
Chautauqua, Day 3: Arianna Huffington
In an IM earlier this morning, I told my friend Curt that I would be heading into the Chautauqua lecture by Arianna Huffington. He said, “Heh… make sure you slap her for me.” I admit. I had the same thought. I’ve always sort of ascribed Huffington with the Ivanna Trump vibe — funky accent, firey [...]
Chautauqua, Day 3: Arianna Huffington Lecture Today
More on this lecture after I actually see it. But there was a Huffington editorial in the local paper today and she had this comparison regarding traditional media converging with new media: The shifting dynamic between those two forces is exactly like the relationship between Sarah Conner and the T101 in the “Terminator” movies. At [...]
Chautauqua, Day 2: David Westin
Let me start by saying that, as far as executives inside major corporations go, my experience heretofor has been that company lawyers are about the last folks you want to invite to the big chair, to Presidencies and Chief-Executiveships. That’s not to say that savvy business people can’t be lawyers too, but those folks who [...]
Chautauqua, Day 1: John Harwood
John Harwood was an interesting choice to have kick off the Chautauqua season, and the week one series of discussions on ethics and the media. His focus, in a sort of round-about way, was that political party polarization both feeds, and is fed by, the drive for viewership of a sensationalism-hungry media.Harwood refers to parties [...]
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