Van Jones was one of my Community Organizer Hall of Famers. Still is. Van Jones spoke at Netroots Nation Friday morning in Las Vegas. Jones was another Obama administration casualty of “gotcha” right wing media. He resigned from his post as White House Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation [...]
Today, I read a post on TPM suggesting that the Pigford Settlement could’ve been a second target for right-wing blogger Andrew Breitbart and his like in addition to the NAACP (for their criticism of the Tea Party leadership for tolerating racism within their ranks).
…Andrew Breitbart’s timing of the release of the grossly distorted video of [...]
There are two things that happen when a show goes off the air. One is you quit and the other is somebody from the network knocks on your door and says, ‘Stop doing this.’
– Carol Burnett, actress, comedian
For veteran journalist Helen Thomas, it was both. Yesterday, Thomas, the first woman to be admitted [...]
A few of my readers are aware that the blogroll on this site has been shrinking. Since launching eclectique|916 I removed two links from my Sites, Sounds, and Bytes roll and placed them on a line-by-line “editorial merit” basis. I still read them, but rather than take the whole bunch, I’ll pull out [...]
Some people are familiar with the term “mother wit.” I’d loosely define it as a “way of knowing” combining keen observation and interest in everyday human behavior and life experiences. Mother wit is more than just common sense. It’s when my mom says something “spot on” about the ways of the world, [...]
INTERCULTURAL NETWORK FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY
This one’s from James Early about the goings on of the Intercultural Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD). INCD is an international organization based in Toronto (Canada). It’s mission is to counter the adverse affects of globalization on world cultures. In other words, “one world” does not mean one [...]
Celebrate! As of today, Eclectique|916 has been live for one full year. It occurred to me last night as I was blogging about the Burqini. Oddly, my first post was about Muslim women’s fashion. Snap! I really didn’t plan that.
There are three people I have to thank for getting me [...]
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” a film by John Hughes
It’s pretty amazing how many people don’t finish the game in their 5th inning if you call life a game. This may sound like promotion [...]
Before there was an “Undercover Black Man,” David Mills was a somewhat mild mannered reporter for The Washington Post who was invited to share in the good fortune of his college friend David Simon on a new television series based on Simon’s book “Homocide.” “Homocide” jump started a new writing career for Mills with [...]
