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...shocked that a mayor of Nagasaki has been shot for the second time," said anti-nuclear activist Makoto Matsumoto. "If it turns out that [the shooter] was a right-winger or a person with ties to organized crime, it shows that the nuclear bomb issue is still with...
...gang affiliated with Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's biggest yakuza criminal syndicate. Police say Shiroo admitted to the shooting upon his arrest. His motive remains unclear: local media are reporting that Shiroo had a personal grudge against the mayor and his local government, but at least one anti-nuclear activist wondered whether there might be a political motive...
Prolific actor and activist Ed Asner is accustomed to speaking his mind.Asner recently played the role of William Jennings Bryan in Peter Goodchild’s “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial,” which was hosted by the Institute of Politics on Monday night. Perhaps best known as Lou Grant on the “Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Asner has earned seven Emmys, more than any other male actor. Produced by L.A. Theatre Works under the direction of Susan Albert Loewenberg, “Monkey Trial” is adapted from...
...There is a wonderful photograph of Gandhi cuddling young Rajmohan on his lap, but barely any family lore-puzzling, given how much access Rajmohan must have had to his grandfather's siblings, nieces and nephews. Little is said about the author's father, Devdas (a favored youngest son and activist), or his maternal grandfather, the brilliant Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, second governor-general of independent India and one of Gandhi's closest aides...
...nation’s first widespread debate on the teaching of evolution in public schools. The show took no explicit stance on the issue, but provided insight into the changing state of science education in America throughout the century. Headlining the show was television personality and activist Ed Asner, well-known for his role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” as the prosecution attorney and three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. Other notable cast members included John De Lancie from Star Trek, who played the role of defense attorney and public agnostic Clarence...