Archive for May, 2005
« Previous EntriesClass and Black Elites
Monday, May 30th, 2005Brent Staples writes that Black elites held
class antipathies toward poor Blacks, similar to white upper class antipathy
toward poor whites.
Little known to those outside the culture, black elites have held class antipathies toward poor blacks in a way similar to white upper class antipathies toward poor whites according to Brent Staples in Sunday’s New York Times. [...]
Baseball
Sunday, May 29th, 2005Baseball has been romanticized and idealized
by dozens of writers. It’s understandable, if a bit over the top at times. I
see baseball as a rung in the ladder of opportunity, a ladder that for many has
broken rungs making the climb up harder than it is for others.
Baseball is often romanticized and idealized. That’s [...]
Throwing Out the First Ball
Sunday, May 29th, 2005I had the joy of throwing out the first ball
at a Nashville Sounds game. It was a great evening.
Throwing out the first ball tonight at the Nashville Sounds vs. New Orleans Zephyrs game was great fun. The sounds are the triple AAA affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. I shared the first ball [...]
Study, Dark Energy and Prayer
Saturday, May 28th, 2005The study of the universe is in its own way
an act of prayer.
As you can see from the last few posts I’ve had the opportunity to get into some reading that I’ve been wanting to get to but have not been able to tackle due to time constraints.
I’m not well-read in cosmology and theoretical physics. [...]
All’s Well With World
Friday, May 27th, 2005The first eastern Swallowtail butterfly
arrived today at 1:15 p.m. I know there is suffering in the world. And i know
there is plenty of serious business that affects human lives. But in this one
small act of nature there is reassurance and hope. So small a thing and yet
enough to remind us that [...]
New Journalism-Old Journalism
Friday, May 27th, 2005Jay Rosen asks what correctives might be in
order for journailsm to return to a better, more sound and principled
practice.
Jay Rosen offers a thorough overview of the discussion about what good journalism is, what’s been lost and what steps might be taken to return to a principled and responsible practice.
Viewed in the backdrop of the Newsweek [...]
Bolivian Hip Hop
Friday, May 27th, 2005It’s been said that music forms us. Music
is what it is. It doesn’t represent something else. It stands on its own. So
it’s intriguing that Bolivian youth have adapted hip hop from urban United
States to express their frustration with poverty and an unresponsive government
that discriminates against young, urban indigenous poor.
I do not [...]
The Culture Wars and Ending Poverty
Thursday, May 26th, 2005David Brooks writes that we can have culture
wars or a war on poverty, but we can’t have both.
we can have a culture war in this country, or we can have a war on poverty, but we can’t have both–David Brooks
David Brooks writes that many moderate evangelicals are not satisfied with the public figures identified [...]
On Not Having All the Answers
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005One of the challenges of living in a time of
great change is that ideas don’t stay tied down. They move. Or they get
replaced and disappear. Or they transmogrify into some other form. It’s
exuberating sometimes. Frightening at others. But it’s part of creation and
it’s part of understanding life today.
The challenge [...]
Stem Cell Research
Monday, May 23rd, 2005Scientists in the U.S. say stem cell
research is falling behind in the U.S. because they face too many
hurdles.
We’ve had hurdle after
hurdle thrown at us
in this country, both
politically and financially.
Unfortunately, you’re
going to see more and
more of the major
stem-cell breakthroughs
occurring overseas.
–Robert Lanza,
vice president of
medical and scientific
development
Advanced Cell Technology
Stem cell research is lagging behind and will increasingly [...]