Peter Murmann

Elizabeth Kolbert (New Yorker June 9, 2008) presents a wonderful portrait of Buckminster Fuller (yes, this a name of a person).  My own imagination was fired up when I read some of Fuller’s incredible ideas. Annals of Innovation: Dymaxion Man The U.S. Pavilion for the 1967 World Fuller called his invention the Dymaxion Vehicle. He believed that it [Read More]

LINDA GREENHOUSE covered the Supreme Court for the NY Times during the past 30 years. The review of her experience is a great read and a superb civics lesson. 2,691 Decisions By LINDA GREENHOUSE (NY Times) WASHINGTON But not this year. I am retiring from The New York Times to write and teach at Yale Law School. So this [Read More]

Read this book review and be reminded why George Bush stepping down is going to be a big relief for America. [A day later: Frank Rich also reviews the book and comes to the conclusion that we may be in for an terrorists attack before long. Then all bets about the election are off] THE DARK [Read More]

The last couple of weeks my excitement about Obama’s candidacy has cooled considerably. BOB HERBERT (NY Times) has articulated well what is bothering people like me. I wonder whether the fund-raising machine will work without a message that is one of change rather than putting together a convenience coalition. Obama has stumbled before and come [Read More]

It was an exciting day of politics. I stayed glued to news coming in over the internet. After Indiana had already been called for Clinton, it seemed like the voters of Gary might come out so strongly in favor of Obama that he might take the state after all. Contrary to reports that Hillary will [Read More]

Timothy Noah on Slate.com walks you through the numbers why Hillary Clinton does not have a real shot to win the Democratic nomination. If she wins it in the end, Hillary Clinton will be a true princess and Timothy Noah will be transformed into an ugly frog,  living unhappily ever after. Can we please stop [Read More]

You have never seen a super hero movie like this one. The people who made this film re-invented the format. I admit it:  I was jealous of the creativity the writers show off in this cool film.  Hancock is a homeless drunk with real temper issues. Watch him as he is trying to work out [Read More]