The Reverend Jesse Jackson has announced that he has fathered a child out of wedlock. I suppose the genuine news is not that the Reverend has committed adultery, but that his supporters (by the legion) tell us; “Jackson’s Moral authority hasn’t been diminished… He’s to continue his stewardship and fight… Continue reading
…on (Presidential) Election Day in the United States, we do not hold a national election – each state conducts it’s own election for a slate of representatives (electors). So we have instead 50 (more when you count Puerto Rico and other US protectorates) distinct and separate elections conducted by each… Continue reading
… that entire hubbub in the Federal Civil-Rights Panel Investigation of the Florida Nov 2000 elections is the whole notion of VOTER RESPONSIBILITY! Much was made of the ‘abandoning of local election supervisors’; Governor vetoed voter-education campaigns and confusing ballots and the ‘voters had to pay the price’. What price… Continue reading
…by its very nature indicates ‘a complete or radical transformation’. We as a society have been going through this change; but, (as Gil Scott Heron once sang) ‘have not directed the change.’ – Consequently, the school term is over and our thesis was due – last week. We’ve unleashed on… Continue reading
