There has been much to do about the controversy over Google’s plans to create a digital database of library books belonging to various affiliated libraries willing to denote their contents to Google’s project. I suppose the issue comes down to the following significant – to varying degrees – concerns that run in contradiction to [...]
Although this site is primarily devoted to commentary that assumes the form of articles and columns, I am going to publish the following poem by Lonnie D Story. No matter how we express our anger; our outrage; our sadness, and our pain; ensuing from the abuses of the current Administration and its imperialist follies; as [...]
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When a question has been posed to you for the umpteenth time, there is only one thing you are obliged to do: answer it. And this time the bell rang as H.L. of Cincinnati, Ohio sent me this [...]
This has been a long time comming, which reflects my apathy when it comes to reformatting large portions of text. Nevertheless, it is here now, and I suggest giving it a read, because it is well written and contains a pluthera of interesting and provacative insights.
R Cole
©The Switch
Day 1
Lesson 1
8:01 a.m.
Teacher places a 10-ounce glass [...]
U.S. public relations on Iraq, Iran need truth and honesty
By Steve Hammons
According to published news reports, the Bush administration has continued to seek public relations contractors to generate favorable news coverage about efforts in Iraq.
An announcement last summer explained one of the more recent projects of this kind would also monitor media coverage in [...]
Anyone who has had the opportunity to watch the leader of the Catholic League, William Donohue, knows that we are not contending with an intellectual heavy weight when attempting to parse through his ramblings in order to understand the actual logic supporting the his constant accusations of anti-Catholicism. Although I should mention that I [...]
by Steve Hammons
The emerging awareness in many segments of society about what is sometimes called “anomalous cognition” is an interesting development that seems to hold much promise. In fact, knowledge about this topic seems to be spreading throughout the U.S. and around the world.
Anomalous cognition is a term that refers to various kinds of human [...]
The overly optimistic assessments of the economic conditions that are accompanying the communicative innovations associated with the Information Age; a transition to the Human State of Affairs precipitated by the digitalization of documents and the information they express; falls flat on the face when challenged with the empirical reality in which laborers now find themselves. [...]
Letter to DNCC Monday, July 31, 2006 9:38 PM
I was looking at the ridiculously vague and generalized policy positions in your platform, and I thought I might suggest adopting a position on the most salient issue of our time, the Iraq War. No wonder the general populace continues to perceive this Party as incapable of [...]
This electronic letter is submitted for the audience of the human platitude, Thomas Friedman.
Letter to Friedman Sunday, August 27, 2006 4:06 PM
Good Day,
This letter is directed toward the Time’s most successful neoLiberal apologist, Thomas Friedman. Although, I am yet to read the monstrosity, “The Earth is Flat,” I did have the displeasure of watching Friedman [...]
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