Nothing but experience could evince the frequency of false information, or enable any man to conceive that so many groundless reports should be propagated, as every man of eminence may hear of himself. Some men relate what they think, as what they know; some men of confused memory and habitual inaccuracy, ascribe to one man what belongs to another; and some talk on, without thought or care, a few men are sufficient to broach falsehoods, which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive r...
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...
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...
