Baseball

For me baseball is the greatest sport there is.  It is a game of patience, not controlled by a clock, but played until there is a winner.  Baseball is the oldest of America’s three great sports.  It was played by soldiers during the civil war. Even though it is the oldest of our sports it [...]

The End of Poverty?

“The End of Poverty?” is a powerful documentary about how poverty has increased and not decreased. Most people would probably not guess this is the case. With all the advancements in society why can we not control poverty?  This film traces the roots of modern day poverty to colonialism. Since that time organizations like the [...]

National Parks

For the last 20 years Ken Burns has produced the best programs available on television.  I remember when I was a teenager watching his documentaries on “The Civil War” and “Baseball.”  At that time we only had 5 channels to choose from, so a 9 part documentary on baseball was very exciting.  It gave us [...]