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/2009/11/03/showman-mels-river-of-dreams/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/11/03/showman-mels-river-of-dreams/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:51:22 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=1236 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/11/03/showman-mels-river-of-dreams/feed/ 0 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/2009/09/11/dynamic-turnbulls-poisoned-chalice/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/09/11/dynamic-turnbulls-poisoned-chalice/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:58:06 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=1164 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/09/11/dynamic-turnbulls-poisoned-chalice/feed/ 0 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/07/15/how-bartlet-made-nothing-any-good/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/07/15/how-bartlet-made-nothing-any-good/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:51:37 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=1008 The West Wing and the real-life geopolitical events played out on the news stoked a burning cynicism of the political process. More than that, it planted the seed of romantic idealism of how the world should work that continues to nag me every day.]]> http://importanceofideas.com/2009/07/15/how-bartlet-made-nothing-any-good/feed/ 10 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/2009/02/04/i-am-always-right-mostly/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/02/04/i-am-always-right-mostly/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:05:00 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=465 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/02/04/i-am-always-right-mostly/feed/ 12 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/15/plumbers-crack-over-the-line-for-elite/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/15/plumbers-crack-over-the-line-for-elite/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:12:07 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=244 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/15/plumbers-crack-over-the-line-for-elite/feed/ 6 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/13/if-all-you-have-is-big-ideas/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/13/if-all-you-have-is-big-ideas/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:36:01 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=175 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/13/if-all-you-have-is-big-ideas/feed/ 3 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 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/10/who-am-i-a-journo-thats-who/ http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/10/who-am-i-a-journo-thats-who/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:39:43 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/?p=167 http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/10/who-am-i-a-journo-thats-who/feed/ 0