http://importanceofideas.com Engaged in the big (and small) ideas on media + society Sun, 16 May 2010 03:15:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/12/27/my-year-of-magical-theatre-the-top-five/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/12/27/my-year-of-magical-theatre-the-top-five/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:07:25 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=1296 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/12/27/my-year-of-magical-theatre-the-top-five/feed/ 3 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/09/28/how-faith-and-america-can-heal/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/09/28/how-faith-and-america-can-heal/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:17:28 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=1183 The Trial of the Catonsville Nine is many things Australians dislike about Americans: political, patriotic and preachy. But unlike the worst of the United States, the play is also deeply questioning of its place in the world. It prosecutes American exceptionalism and the greyness of, and uneasiness between, faith and justice.]]> http://importanceofideas.com/2009/09/28/how-faith-and-america-can-heal/feed/ 1 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/09/02/for-true-grace-mags-still-rule/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/09/02/for-true-grace-mags-still-rule/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:35:27 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=1089 The September Issue brings into sharp focus the real art of magazine production in danger of being lost.]]> http://importanceofideas.com/2009/09/02/for-true-grace-mags-still-rule/feed/ 3 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/05/18/my10-songs-that-make-me-sing/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/05/18/my10-songs-that-make-me-sing/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 07:13:03 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=840 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/05/18/my10-songs-that-make-me-sing/feed/ 10 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/22/life-and-art-under-iron-rule/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/22/life-and-art-under-iron-rule/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:16:01 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=328 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/22/life-and-art-under-iron-rule/feed/ 0 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/13/the-importance-of-ideas/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/13/the-importance-of-ideas/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:47:37 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=172 "Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information." Those are the words of pioneering American newsman Edward R. Murrow. I love the quote, and his many others like it. It may sound a particularly high-minded agenda for what will inevitably be another inconsequential blog-of-consciousness. But I reckon it’s a good place to start.]]> http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/13/the-importance-of-ideas/feed/ 0