In a Ted Talk, Richard Wilkinson talks about why economic inequality is so detrimental not only to people who are at the bottom of the inequality but, also, to those at the top. I’ve always put it this way: if you are at the top and your policies cause economic inequality, then you are causing [...]
Author Archives: Anthony Clifton
What the Occupy Movement Seems to Want
Earlier today, I collected together a list of items that seem to represent what Occupiers are looking for when they say they want to end or reduce economic inequality. My curiosity came out of some conversations where friends stated that the Occupiers don’t seem to know what they want. I found that to be untrue. [...]
My First “Real” Script
So, for this year’s 48 Hour Film Project entry, I got to be lead scriptwriter. Since we drew Horror as our genre, I spent the 20 minute car ride from The Des Moines Art Center to the team leader’s house coming up with the story skeleton that combined two things I find scary in horror [...]