Tuesday, October 11, 2011
As things continue to get heated up in the Class War (not the fake one against the Rich but the actual one that as been waging since before the Civil War), the realities of whether or not ou…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 02:12PMThe major beneficiaries of foundation support for the arts are big-budget institutions with fat-cat audiences, according to a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthro…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:08AMMonday, October 10, 2011
The AmericansCreated and Directed by Coya PazPresented by Halcyon Theatre in cooperation with DCAFrom the DCA Incubator Blog"...we took advantage of the DCA Incubator’s prime downtown loca…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 02:39PMNYT theater critic Charles Isherwood has issued an interesting idea.Turns out he's just plain tired of Adam Rapp's work."Adam Rapp won’t have me to kick around anymore. Oops. I t…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:07AMSaturday, October 8, 2011
...And Don't Let Them Have the Last Word...EVER.Here's the conversation:LEFT:Wow! It's hotter than it has been in a century. All the science available pretty clearly indicates th…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:05AMFriday, October 7, 2011
I Love These...********The Passing of JobsI was in the the midst of pitching for our Fall Membership drive. AP come on and informed us the Steve Jobs had died at 56. I was a bit …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:13AMThursday, October 6, 2011
From CBS News:A new CBS News poll finds that just 11 percent of Americans approve of the job being done by Congress. That’s down from 12 percent last month and reflects a new lo…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:12AMSTEVE JOBSSteven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile commu…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 05:30AMWednesday, October 5, 2011
...that the new Facebook Timeline interface is kind of brilliant...mostly because it ups the visual fun of a completely narcissistic exercise and changes things up in a way that kicks Google…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:08AMTuesday, October 4, 2011
Hunter, over at the Daily Kos, throws out the best defensive block to Grover Norquist and the Don't Tax Us Richie Rich Motherfuckers! We'll just Boycott Your Shit and Not Create Jobs! …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:01AMMonday, October 3, 2011
I smoke cigarettes.Yeah, yeah...I'm not mentally defective or self destructive or suicidal. Your sidelong disapproving glances and reminders that they are bad for my health bounce off of me…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:14AMSaturday, October 1, 2011
The upstart conservative movement was all the rage in the summer of 2009, and channeled that energy into a wave of victories in the 2010 midterm elections, sending dozens of hard-line, intra…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:05AMFriday, September 30, 2011
...It's All...Make Believe...Wow. What a train wreck.She's almost as bad as the Republican Debaters...****This is Why the Marines Are Considered the Baddest of the BadSo here’s the news:&…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:21AMThursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday night I was invited to participate in WRITE CLUB. Inspired by Ian's inspiration, I give a hat tip to Chuck P., Tyler Durden and Ray Bradbury.I lost to Ian but I anticipate anot…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:11AMWednesday, September 28, 2011
...that I ultimately prefer to not make money blogging because, man, I really don't like being edited...don't mind the grammar/spelling edits, but I REALLY don't like content editing. …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:14AMTuesday, September 27, 2011
Yes.It's true.I have a bit of a temper problem.No. Really.It usually rears it's head in the most unproductive ways. I'm Irish so I tend to stuff the things that truly enrage me (most often t…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:02AMMonday, September 26, 2011
"Cross-fit is not about how you look. Cross-fit is about what you can DO."He said it like a trainer. He said it like someone who discovered a new way of looking at working out. &…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:10AMSaturday, September 24, 2011
And Here's Why We Tax Those Rich Bastards But Good!
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:12AMFriday, September 23, 2011
****The Invisible Hand of the Great and Powerful Money ChangerAbout one in five Americans combine a view of God as actively engaged in daily workings of the world with an economic cons…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMThursday, September 22, 2011
While it's no surprise to me that I live in one of the most diverse but divided cities in the country, it is a slowly creeping realization that Chicago is the microcosm that reflects the cou…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:21AMWednesday, September 21, 2011
...that it actually makes perfect sense that the Extremely Wealthy and the Extreme Religious Right align with each other - both have belief systems based in transactional reward. The W…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:01AMTuesday, September 20, 2011
Last night I performed a piece at The Moth. The theme was "Firsts."
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:10AMMonday, September 19, 2011
On Facebook this past weekend:Joe posts this:The Meaningfulness of LifeGod? Conviction? Passionate intensity? What are the qualities that make for a life that matters?Which begat a day-long …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMSaturday, September 17, 2011
84th and Halsted:Driving from a BBQ in honor of a recently released exonerated death row inmate and his stalwart mother, I see an old black man in a blue suit. He is a bit in the road …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:09AMFriday, September 16, 2011
Hmmmm....Not as Bad as I Thought It Was Gonna Be...Just watched Ryan Reynolds in Green Lantern. Not great but it was entertaining and did a decent job of telling the origin story. &nbs…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:17AMThursday, September 15, 2011
Are bloggers legitimate journalists?The arguments range from a defiant NO to a qualified YES but, ultimately, legitimacy is granted by those who read the writing rather than any of the estab…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:06AMWednesday, September 14, 2011
...that all the BIG issues facing us as a country are like Elephants and we're ALL blind men trying to figure out what this thing is. Maybe it's time to shut up and listen to the guy h…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:15AMTuesday, September 13, 2011
The assignment was pretty simple and open-ended.For a WBEZ Off-Air event that I'm producing in October entitled The Art of the Political: Can the Stage Be More Than Entertainment?, we decide…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:08AMMonday, September 12, 2011
I work for public radio. I listen to public radio. I read news items constantly. I have an RSS feed as expansive as a small town library and find myself reading hundreds of articles a day…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:12AMSaturday, September 10, 2011
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), the author of the House GOP plan to phase out Medicare, does not like it when constituents publicly challenge him. In fact, people who disag…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:45AMFriday, September 9, 2011
When Superheroes Get Old...I love these. SOURCE****Man, This Stuff Pisses Me Off!The Madison Capital Times reports that in the latest development in the controversy over the state's new Vote…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:12AM 
