Lawrence Levine Passes Away

Lawrence Levine was a giant in the field of African American History.  His book Black Culture and Consciousness was written over twenty (almost THIRTY!) years ago, but is still one of the best in its field, and required reading.  He passed away of cancer this...

Conservatism…and Democracy?!?

Over at Cobb, my boy Mike is arguing that Conservatism may be the saving grace of America and the West. I don’t expect to get a response from him because he’s got a job to do…but while conservatism very well may be the saving grace of the North (not...

Paper Clips and the power of belief

I watched the documentary Paper Clips on my palm pilot over the last week while waiting for the bus. I’ve been meaning to check it out since I heard about it, and since I would always have time to kill waiting for the bus I thought I’d spread it out over a...

Technology Tips (or how I fixed my IPod)

Ok. So about ten days or so ago, my Ipod died on me. I had planned to begin podcasting my lectures for my black politics class, among other things. All for naught. I took it to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store, and the assistant charged it, listened to it…and...