Opinion
Last week I spoke at the renowned South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. SXSW, as it is usually written, began as a music, and then film, festival and is one of the most “happening” events on the planet. Recently, a third component joined film and music: “Interactives.” This means cyber-stuff and all that 21st-century jazz. Although I have a lifelong terror and ineptness in this arena, I accepted a surprise invitation to speak at an “interactives” panel, and headed for sunny Texas, optimistic I would feel right at home.
The year 2010 was one of significant chal lenges and accomplishments for the Island Housing Trust. The accomplishments include the successful completion of 12 green affordable homes, and the reassessment and development of governance practices and a strategic business plan. The challenges include clarifying the trust’s value to the community and its role in relation to other housing organizations.
Sheriff Christopher S. (Huck) Look would have been pleased by the fellowship that arose at Tuesday’s service at the Edgartown Whaling Church. All his grandchildren, his family, many of his friends and a lot of his colleagues in the profession from across the state were there. Police chiefs and officers from every Island town, and many from afar, came to pay tribute.
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides; Sheriff Christopher Look both absorbed the sun’s warmth and shared it generously. On Feb. 22, in Hollywood, Fla., the sun set for Christopher Stetson Look Jr. when he died peacefully with his beloved wife Marjorie at his side.
S lavery is an ugly part of our past that we would gladly forget. But what if you were to discover that slavery is not a thing of the past? What if you were to discover that slavery exists today in every part of the world, including our own country? I was stunned a few years ago when I began to understand the magnitude of the global human trafficking issue. Experts say that 90 million people are living as slaves somewhere in the world.
NUCLEAR WARNING
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