Fighting Climate Change
We’re living through what has been one of the hottest years on record and are constant reports of extreme weather and dangerous flooding due to climate change. It’s all so overwhelming. What can a...
Category: ethics
Laura Poitras’ Film “Risk”
It’s not often that a movie becomes more timely the week it’s released, but that is the case for the new Laura Poitras film “Risk.” Poitras also made the Oscar winning film “Citizenfour,” about...
Women’s March in D.C.: Some Pictures
In January I went to the Women’s March in D.C., and wrote about it for the Dallas Morning News. Here are some more pictures from the event! I
My column on the Women’s March on Washington
My column on my trip to the Women’s March on Washington is up on the Dallas Morning News site, and in print in the paper today. Look at this great video they made to...
The Orlando Shooting + Our Blood Supply
Waking up on Sunday morning to the news of the tragedy of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida, my first reaction was to text my brother-in-law in Florida. Mr. Martin is an elementary school...
Sisten Helen Prejean at Southwestern
Last month Sister Helen Prejean was at Southwestern University. Prejean is known for work with death row inmates, and is the basis for the movie Dead Man Walking. You can watch her...
Sicario: A Difficult Film About a Difficult Topic
The lighting is harsh, the landscape is ugly, the body count is high and the performances are outstanding, even if the characters are difficult to like. Sicaro is an ugly film full of ugly...
SXSW Eco: A Social Media Snapshot
As I am still trying to process what I learned at the SXSW Eco Conference, I did a snapshot of the event on Storify. Please click thru view the story! More coverage to come!...
I Need More Credit In My Photo Credits!
I think it’s a little crazy that this heavily shared story on the expansion of coverage at Mashable from the Nieman Journalism Lab used my picture of Grumpy Cat from South By Southwest…but that...
Confederate Flags Can Be Seen All Over The World
As a Southerner who had at least three great grandfathers fight on the Confederate side of the Civil War, I have a problematic relationship with the old Confederate flag.
