Earlier this summer Stephen Colbert took up a challenge from the farm workers ‘Take Our Jobs Please’ campaign to take a migrant worker’s job. He spent a day picking and packing corn in New York. (Part 1-SE22, Part 2-SE23) This past Friday morning Colbert testified to congress before the...
It’s really a book, by my favourite blogger (who hasn’t commented on my writing as of yet) that I really want to read. My birthday is coming up!
This past summer, the de factostate of Somaliland did something only accomplished by African governments a handful of times: They held free and fair elections, where the incumbent lost and the opposition won which resulted in a peaceful transition of power. Somaliland, which never really joined their Italian protectorate...
A friend of mine recently introduced me to an historical black slave who aimed for rebellion in the 1800′s. His name was Gabrial, his slave owner was Prosser (hence, Prosser’s Gabrial rather than Gabrial Prosser). Born in Virginia, he was a literate black slave, with a trade as a...
We’re huge in South Korea. Or at least that’s what Google Analytics says at least. It’s the #5 country that visits our site. Who are you, lost South Korean? Why would you come to our site? You should probably have left a comment. Anyhow, this next post is supposed...
Last week The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow was released. Hawking’s first published book in nearly 10 years, The Grand Design sets out to solve the question “Is there a unified theory?” If you’ve thought about this and think not, then you are right. The quick...
Thank you to Brydon and Jeff for fixing our site so we can blog again! So yesterday came and went without too much trouble, I believe. Then again I was in the woods of Michigan and did not have access to the Internet nor did I watch much TV....
Tonight is the beginning of Eid, and tomorrow is the anniversary of 9/11, so what better time to talk about Park51? This is my short response to Brydon’s ‘The Dangers of Park51 in Lower Manhattan’ which has been reeling in the headlines by two white guys these past few...
Rev Terry Jones tells Toronto’s 640AM news he may cancel book burning, but confused what to do with “all the pitchforks he bought for the townspeople” wants to remind everyone radical violent Islam won’t stop. I was listening to my grumpy old man radio station today where I heard...
Lets get something very clear, I love The Daily Show. It really was the reason I started watching the news and learning anything about politics, well that and the West Wing. Since the West Wing and The Daily Show were my teachers it is unsurprising to learn that I...
