Today's post is heartily dedicated to two very special women out there in Cyberspace: Jessica my sister, who may very well best me one day in debating topics of similar interest (history, politics, economics, & culture); & Monica, whose craftsmanship and creativity are all the craze these days apparently @Gems by Monica. This song is a fine example of the soulful jazz tunes emanating out of the heart of Africa, from which we all descend. Just below the video are the words to the song. We brot...
In a church I no longer attend, one the preachers use to encourage us to read the news everyday. He said once,"How can you help save a world you know nothing about?" He's no longer there, unfortunately, but the lesson for me was reinforced nevertheless. In the 80's & 90's, most of us grew up with parents who were somewhat cognizant of the real issues at hand surrounding their communities and the globe at large. Today's news is racked with so much frivolity and entertainment that the general ...
Posted by Lamont Cranston on Tuesday, September 21, 2010,
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The Revolution will not come by PowerPoint. It will not begin at a workshop in one of a thousand hotels where bored delegates pin badges to their lapels and practice civil-society speak. PowerPoint is a power grab. there millions of slides may create as much poverty, insecurity and befuddlement as any militia or dictator. PowerPoint poses as dry objectivity in the face of corrupt violent politics, but it cleaves apart the political from the economic. By a curious alchemy, human life on the Po...
