ELIZABETH ALEXANDER
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies has tapped poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher Elizabeth Alexander to deliver the inaugural poem January 20th. Alexander grew up in DC (Yay!). She teaches at Yale University and is a scholar of African American literature and culture. [Click on Alexander's name above to visit her [...]
Another nasty habit in addition to checking political blogs…watching the entire SEX AND THE CITY DVDs after work time. I guess this is a symptom of post-election something. As much as I enjoyed the series [on DVD because I don't do cable], over the years, the 30-something (plus one 40 something) single woman [...]
Miriam Makeba was one of my star plays on my college radio show “Unforgettable: Black Women of Jazz, Blues, and Soul.” I saw her perform live with Paul Simon on the Graceland tour at Merriweather Post in Maryland. I was in the 2nd row center. Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her family were [...]
It doesn’t surprise me that American women on active duty in Iraq are also actively engaged in combat. These women are known as Team Lioness. Initially their assignment was to exercise cultural sensitivity i.e. search and engage Iraqi women, where men are prohibited, by custom, not to go. Being on the move [...]
The mediocre have no importance except through appointment. They feel invaded and defeated by the presence of creative folk among them.
Zora Neale Hurston
As the old schoolers used to say “She’s quite a pistol.” Folklorist, author, anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was evasive about her true age for many years, but is estimated to have [...]
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities.
Acceptance Speech - Sarah Palin, Republican Vice Presidential candidate - September 3, 2008
Community organizing is how ordinary people respond to out-of-touch politicians and their failed policies.
Response to Palin’s acceptance speech - David Plouffe
Campaign Manager, Obama/Biden, Democratic Presidential campaign
September [...]
Haven’t we seen this GOP move on Barack Obama before?
In 2004, when Obama was running for the Illinois Senate seat, the GOP sent in their “race” candidate Alan Keyes, to shake up “identity” voters whom they assumed would find Obama too “foreign” or his name too difficult to pronounce. We now see how [...]
“There’s no news here.” That’s what I heard from a local television producer while I was hydrating myself at the Starbucks counter in downtown Denver. For me, that’s true. I haven’t watched any TV, radio or even read much news online or on the page since arriving in Denver for the DNC [...]
I’ve been turning this over-and-over in my head. What do I come out of the gate with on my first blog entry for Eclectique|916? Well first Welcome!
How did this happen? Last year around this time, I reviewed the September fashion magazines with an email essay to my friends and fam list. It wasn’t my [...]
