Todd S Burroughs
 A brief conversation with my barber this morning about Halloween—he took the standard Christian line, but did acknowledge in the end that, in 2006, it was all about American capitalism—made me want to post this. Halloween – Ever Dance With the Devil in the Pale Moonlight?  by Morpheus Ever dance with the devil in [...]
……….get two. Then get ‘em to write a needed book. And there ya go. Congrats to one of them, who just advanced to candidacy in her Ph.D. program!
C’mon, you know you’re interested. So here’s a Q+A article.
Thought this email—which I’ve copyedited a little—was interesting. Clearly Brian Lamb of C-SPAN, a fellow Hoosier, loves Tavis. streetroachpics.com 10/26/06 Tavis Smiley was at the world-famous Karibu Bookstore last week. He was there to promote his new book. The book talks about Tavis on a personal level, detailing his family history. Tavis had a troubled past [...]
………..the VV article on The Source yet? *SIGH* I used to write for The Source‘s National Affairs section. Two very smart, very talented, strong sisters edited that part. Then Osorio became editor. *SIGH* Read Rolling Stone’s great cover story yet? (Its author was on “Democracy Now!”) You know, Rolling Stone is a Very White popular culture magazine (it seems [...]
Okay, I’ll admit that it was funny. “The Daily Show” could have done it. But, gee…….Talk about going right to the heart of the white American male psyche.
…………Norman Solomon, who started my day by providing a hearty laugh. And a great dose of truth. I think Friedman, The Master of Glib, means well, but his power to set the nation’s intellectual agenda about the nature of globalization is, well, woefully disproportionate. And, and Solomon points out, his lack of concern about oppressed peoples and others who will not be saved by [...]
……………this new book yet? Well, why not? As they say on Tee Vee, here’s more.
 Note: Click here for the audio version or visit voxunion.com for the stream and MP3 download options.  White Liberals and Glass Houses: A Reminder that Black Radical Journalism is a Tradition By Jared A. Ball Even as they decry the practice of exclusion among the mainstream press, the white left-led media reform movement [...]
 ************ An excerpt from Pambazuka News. In a recent speech at the 50th Anniversary of the 1st International Conference of Black Writers & Artists in Paris, Wole Soyinka warned against the neglect of those who remain silent against the crimes against humanity in Darfur: “As the armies of the Sudanese state mass for the [...]