I’m, writing on Monday morning, September 1. Today is Labor Day. Through the miracle of the Internet, I’m watching the live broadcast of WDSU-TV6 in New Orleans at 11 AM Central Time as the eye of Hurricane Gustav makes landfall west of the city.
A WDSU reporter is saying that about two million people have evacuated [...]
Passing through downtown Denver this evening, I saw on foot patrol squads of dark-clad police in riot gear,. Wearing brand new dark blue uniforms, the squads walked in groups of six. From their gun belts hung bundles of plastic handcuffs beside visored helmets. From their hands extended long black clubs, perhaps three feet in length, swinging at their sides as they walked.
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Can those calling for the end of war learn to practice peace in their own community? I hope so. As Gandhi advocated, we must be the change we wish to see in the world.
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A top New York magazine writer recently rejected a story pitch from me by saying, “I don’t tend to use self-published authors as sources.”
When I tried to explain the difference between self publishing and independent publishing, he was not interested. He’s apparently chosen to limit the range of his story sources to authors published by [...]
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Who’s really an expert?
As long as free minds can read good books and discuss them openly, we can feel hope for the future of democracy.
A playful thought: Is Barack Obama the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln?
Mural painter Ron English stood contentedly before his fine Obama-Lincoln composite portrait on the side of a building on Thayer Street in Boston last July 2, 2008. The mural was an outdoor expression of his installation in Gallery XIV’, which passed out poster copies of the art that soon were pasted publicly across the city. [...]
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