JOHANNESBURG! June 26: That’s where I am this Sunday morning as the sun breaks through the chill of the South African winter. I have been on the go since I left New York. Today, South Africans are marking the anniversary of the Freedom Charter, the seminal document of the democratic movement here, created during the [...]
SUNDAY — This just in as the “hits” keep coming: From the Times of London. More From Downing Street http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-523-1660300-523,00.html OFF IN THE WORLD DANA MILBANK TAKES A DUMP JULE IN LONDON My “World Tour” promoting my film “WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception)” will soon be over, for the summer at least, after screenings next [...]
LET US NOW PRAISE UNFAMOUS MEN SAY GOODBYE TO FLEET STREET THE WAR OVER PUBLIC BROADCASTING Today, June 17th is a day that also lived in infamy and aroused a sense of national urgency. Let’s remember Frank Wills today. Frank who? Frank, the security officer, a man of color, a minimum wage guard who noticed [...]
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