Now, Let's face facts: The war in Iraq is all about oil - or energy which as far as the Bush Administration is concerned is still about oil. Oh sure, as with lots of wonderful things the Bush administration will give lip-service to alternative energy (Switch grass, anyone?) but in reality little or no money will actually be allocated to it. Just remember with W that Black is always White. No Child left Behind actually means every child Left behind. And so on... You can find your own examples without my help.

It's not my job to free tibet... [Essay by Skye Thomas]

 It's not my job to free tibet... I hate saying that. It feels so very wrong. It's not that I wouldn't like to help them. It's not that I am not appalled at what is happening over there. I have been wrestling with my guilty feelings lately. What have I done to make the world a better place? I started by taking inventory of the areas that I'd love to 'fix'. My to-do list looks like this: Free Tibet Heal the hole in the ozone layer Cure Cancer Save the endangered species Overhaul the public school system Raise my own kids Defend the gays and lesbians Teach people how to be happy Solve world hunger Find loving homes for the orphans Save the rainforest Rid the planet of pollution Implement a clean economical fuel system Design a quality inexpensive health care system End divorces and broken homes Clean out the political system Create world peace Find Atlantis and solve the mystery of the pyramids Scientifically prove somebody's religion is true Psychologically heal the inmates who want it End all superficial fakeness Save the children Stop racism Bring an end to lethargy Stop terrorism Save the coral reefs Change America's focus from being 'politically correct' to becoming 'spiritually correct' and I'm not talking about religion.

Meet Justin, a cynical high school student better known as “Bow Wow,” Monique, who sells doughnuts from her backpack, and Zina, who’s never afraid to speak her mind. Cries From Our Urban Youth is packed full of colorful characters like these and many others struggling to navigate the minefield of a contemporary inner-city high school.

There are a handful of countries that are still considered communist regimes. Yet communism doesn't really exist. These countries are more like dictatorships with authoritarian type leaders who operate under the very thin veil of non-existent communism.

Chinweizu, Speaks in Lagos [by Robert Wright]

One of the great fathers of African literature, "Chinweizu", gives a lecture on race that is heard around the world.

One of the few writers brave enough to be edited by Toni Morrison and gifted enough to be praised by the likes of Chinua Achebe and Noam Chomsky...Nigeria's great scholar and one of African literature's founding fathers, the reclusive "Chinweizu", gave a lecture in Lagos that is published today in the inaugural issue of "Proof" magazine.

The news stations are reporting that the overall voter turnout rate has reached an all-time low.  Only a quarter (one-fourth) of registered voters actually bothered to show up at the polls to vote.  They interviewed people of age, and the interviewees all had the right answers, “I was working; at school; forgot about it; don’t really vote unless it’s the primary…” Give me a break.  We have become so politically correct, until we have begun to believe our own crap.