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The New American Bank Card

March 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Art, Editorial, Images, Politics and Social Issues

The American Bankers Indiscriminate Spending Alliance (BISA) now offers this versatile and convenient card to all its members. Smart bankers never leave home without one, and that’s why they still have homes. If you are a banker get yours today and everyday. Call your favorite congressperson, senator or lobbyist to apply. Why wait? You could [...]

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Peace, Love, Lock and Load

August 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Art, Editorial, Images, law, Politics and Social Issues

Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, this July (2010), signed the so called “gun-in-church” law. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune the governor signed House Bill 1272 which allows Louisiana citizens, holding concealed weapons permits, to carry loaded weapons into churches, mosques and synagogues. No doubt this will help them reflect upon peace, love and the [...]

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Did You Ride Your Bike Today?

June 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Editorial, Images, Politics and Social Issues

Our unbridled thirst for oil made this disaster all but inevitable. When will we realize that we are petroleum addicts?

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The Rule of Law

February 14th, 2010 · No Comments · crime, Images, Politics and Social Issues

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Drawing Conclusions

December 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, Editorial, Images, media, Politics and Social Issues, Uncategorized

Recently I reread John Berger’s 1976 essay, The Primitive and the Professional in which he offers three sources of the primitive in art. The first is art made by artists working prior to Raphael. Second is the art derived from the “colonies,” that is, art from Africa, the Caribbean or the South Pacific. Finally there [...]

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