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I, too, sing America
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am,
And be ashamed-
I, too, am America.
-Langston Hughes, 1926
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QotD: Ideas Don't Die
"You can kill a man,
but you can't kill an idea."
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QotD: Harari on Modern Science
...modern science differs from all previous traditions of knowledge in three critical ways:
a. The willingness to admit ignorance. Modern science is based on the Latin injunctioin ignoramus - 'we do not know'. It assumes that we don't know everything. Even more critically, it accepts that the things we think we know could be proven wrong as we ( Read more... ) -
QotD: Crisis Provokes Change
Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change.
When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken
depend on the ideas that are lying around.
That, I believe, is our basic function:
to develop alternatives to existing policies,
to keep them alive and available
until the politically impossible becomes
the politically inevitable.
--Milton ( Read more... ) -
Word of the Day: AGNOTOLOGY
I am an agnotologist, no doubt. That is to say, I am fascinated with all that we do not know, with the gray areas and uncertainties of life, death, and everything. Agnostic = Doesn't Know. Agnotology = Study of Ignorance. Science depends on us being very clear about what we do not know yet, so that we can devise ways to try to find out.
( Great article here from the NY Times ) -
Gun Silencer Sales to Civilians Up 37% in One Year
If factoids could speak, what would this one say? To me it whispers ominously: "We want to kill and not get caught" and "We are willing to give our personal info to the ATF and pay lots of money for the gadget that will let us do the deed." Silencers often cost more than the guns they quiet ( Read more... ) -
Get Ron Paul to Speak at Your Event
He's retiring from congress at age 77, and going on a speaking tour. He has signed on with the Greater Talent Network to book his speaking schedule. Should be interesting to see what this senior statesman does in his retirement from congress. He's not done yet. revolution, ron paul, freedomRon Paul People are a Big Bother for Romney in Maine
"I think it has the potential to be quite explosive," Potholm says. "I don't think the Ron Paul people are particularly interested in whether Obama is defeated or not. I think that's long passed as their number one objective ( Read more... )QotD: Do Something
No one has to do everything but everyone has to do something.
--GreenDot