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All about the standing-upright chimps that really love to talk about themselves.
“Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.”
In February, it is customary to put up images of Dr. George Washington Carver in our schools as part of Black History Month. Most people see his earnest and humble stare coming from the cheerful posters and think, “Oh, the peanut guy.” But he was much more than that, perhaps even the greatest scientist who ever lived. Black or white.
Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night. That might seem like a long time ago when it comes to standard news cycles, but I decided that someone has to take their time when responding to think it through a bit. If you’re already tired of this analysis, I’ll understand.
A complex world where we have just about any information we want at our fingertips isn’t a world that’s limited by the answers. It’s limited by our ability to ask the right questions. That may sound like more sophistry from a wannabe mystic, in case you’re getting tired of my schtick. But if journalism is about connecting people to their world it seems that the ways it is changing are directly related to the size of the world that people have the ability to connect to. That might best be handled by changing the entire approach to news.
What would make a recovery sustainable? If you ask an economist, they’d tell you that what makes any economy grow and prosper is, ultimately, what they call “productivity gains”. That’s the ability to make more with less that allows a people to propser. During the 1990s this was given as the reason why interest rates could remain low and we could have one Hell of a party – a sloppy, hazy bender. We live in the hangover that resulted, but have we really learned how intoxicating this one, simple idea is?
Today we celebrate the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a man best known as a crusader for justice on behalf of his people, and he is worthy of being remembered just for this work. Yet 42 years after his death, with a black man elected President, hasn’t Dr King’s work been accomplished? If we take some time on this day to understand the what Dr. King was about, both as a preacher and leader, we can see that the calling he gave us is never really finished.
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