But I’m glad it’s now there, and it’ll be there. Along with the below.
Here’s more about the author.
Category Archives: american history
Did You Read……….
……the interview The Guardian did with Angela Davis? That long-ago quote from Aretha Franklin……wow! With apologies to “All In The Family,” “THOSE were the days!” LOL! 🙂
When The Sky Isn't Blue
See the above? Well, it isn’t torture—at least, not according to America’s elite mainstream media. Well, at least not yet. See, they haven’t made up their minds.
Whenever I think “Democracy Now!” sounds too strident, all I have to do is hear the MSM’s hand-wringing over the obvious to again be reminded why we need national, professional advocacy journalism based in the United States.
Something The Now-Late Norman Mailer Said…….
………..here reminded me of a saying I once heard or read: that intellectuals are people who have one idea and struggle with it all of their lives.
“What happens is you become the hat on your own head,” he said. “You’re not having the pleasure of enjoying your own mind the way you used to when you were young, but you have the product of your mind to work with. You know, I ran into Henry Kissinger years ago, and I asked him if he enjoyed the intellectual stimulation of the work, and he said in effect: ‘I am working with the ideas that I formed at Harvard years ago. I haven’t had a real idea since I’ve been on this; I just work with the old ideas.’ I certainly know what he means now — I think there are just so many ideas you can have in your life, and once you have them, you have to develop them.”
12-Word Review of "American Gangster"
Ranked right under the two “Godfather”s, “Scarface” and “Goodfellas.” See it. Today.
Did You See…….
…………last week’s “Bill Moyers Journal” report on media ownership by people of color?
No?
Well, then, here it is.
NOVEMBER 19th UPDATE: Here’s the follow-up on the larger issue of consolidation.
Clash Of The Talking Heads :)
As tired as I can—and do—get of West and Smiley at times, I have to admit that I thoroughly enjoyed this dialogue. Of course, I’m a HUGE fan of “Charlie Rose.”
Learned A LOT About Writing (And The Artist's Balancing Act)……….
………..from Bruce Springsteen in his recent Rolling Stone interview.
You gotta get the mag to read all of what I read, ’cause most of it is not online.
Mumia, Inc. (Fourth In A Long-Running Series)
As the documentary film premieres in Europe, The Guardian did an interview with the man in question.
“I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death,” he says. “They haven’t stopped me from doing what I want every day. I believe in life, I believe in freedom, so my mind is not consumed with death. It’s with love, life and those things. In many ways, on many days, only my body is here, because I am thinking about what’s happening around the world.”
As always, Mumia Abu-Jamal uses nommo (the power of words) to penetrate the soul and generate thought. Not bad for somebody who doesn’t have his own blog. 😉
Megan Williams. Remember The Name.
And never forget what happened.
Drums in the Global Village 