Possibly “the most important revolution in human thought since the Renaissance.” William N. Ellis, who from his home in Rangeley, Maine, edits a “newsletter-directory” on appropriate technology groups and activities, made this immodest assessment of his subject in a recent issue of the Bulletin of
During the first six months of 1978, the American people have reacted to the recently perceived health threat posed by microwave and radio frequency radiation with unprecedented vigor and determination. Last April, it was learned that the highest levels of broadcast radiation so far measured
In a classic demonstration of constitutional democracy in action, groups of citizens on Cape Cod and in California have confronted the Air Force over the safety of some giant radars being installed on the east and west coasts of the United States. Starting independently in
Like a Raggedy Ann with glitter in her hair, the workaday world of television syndication has a bright new look. Until recently the business of distributing television programs on a station by station basis has been the poor country cousin of network television, accepting its
A recent brief hit of the New York theatre was a short production called The Water Engine. It’s a modern morality play of sorts, set largely in a 1930’s radio studio, and its theme, in the fashion of morality plays, is simple but loaded: a
