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- Zimbabwe: G8 - the Real Crisis is Not in Zimbabwe (AllAfrica.com)
IN 1899, Rudyard Kipling, probably the best known of Britain's imperial poets, penned an ode titled "The White Man's Burden" in which he implored the United States of America to join Britain in fully embarking on imperialist wars of conquest and extolled the "virtues" of colonialism.
- Thomas Jefferson, Gentleman Scholar (The New York Sun)
The title of Kevin Hayes's new study of Thomas Jefferson, "The Road to Monticello" (Oxford University Press, 752 pages, $34.95), holds out several possibilities. Is it a book about Jefferson's famous house, which he spent much of his life building and rebuilding, and which still stands as a monument to his multifaceted genius? Or could it be a biography covering the first decades of Jefferson's ...
- The Cost of Doing Business with History - OpEdNews
The Cost of Doing Business with HistoryOpEdNews, PA - 17 hours agoSay you let him hammer that kitten to death, then all around him you see countless cages filled with kittens, and he plucks out another one and asks the ...
- His Gifts and Presence New England Arts Festival - Maine Switch
His Gifts and Presence New England Arts FestivalMaine Switch, ME - 13 hours agoVisual art, Music, Dance, Drama and Poetry. Tickets $15. at the door, in advance, $12., $10. for groups of 10 or more in advance. Four time Grammy nominated ...
- Strawberry picking offers a lesson on the joy of simple work - Ashland Daily Press
Recently I drove out to Brenda and Jack Erickson's farm near Bayfield and picked a big batch of strawberries. For nearly a half hour I was on my hands and knees pushing aside the rich green plants reaching for their bright red, sweet berries, all the ...
- Wrong turn, but write stuff - The Times
Wrong turn, but write stuffThe Times, South Africa - 1 hour agoAnd, on the last Saturday of this month, Liesl Jobson — who won first prize in the Inglis House Poetry Contest in 2003 and is the proud holder of the 2006 ...
- Fairy tale comes alive - Malaysia Star
Malaysia StarFairy tale comes aliveMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 42 minutes agoAt June’s KL Poetry Slam, you get the chance to wax lyrical about life’s two certainties – death and dessert. The event takes place on June 28 at Pentas 1, ...
- Camp teaches young women the value of girl power - The Eureka Reporter
Camp teaches young women the value of girl powerThe Eureka Reporter, CA - 16 minutes agoActivities include everything from belly-dancing, yoga, poetry, arts and crafts, hip-hop dancing, clowning, songwriting, as well as discussions on media and ...
- J. Ivy - The Ivy League - Six Shot
“We are all here for a reason on a particular path/you don’t need a curriculum to know that you are part of the math/cats think I’m delirious, but I’m so damn serious/that’s why I expose my soul to the globe, the world/I’m trying to make ...
- One's choice of language should always come from the heart - El Paso Times
One's choice of language should always come from the heartEl Paso Times, TX - 12 hours agoLet a child learn Spanish because he is enamored with the poetry of Neruda, or Russian because the land of Pushkin has cast a spell over him, ...
- Jamaicans Urged to Cleave to the Teachings of Marcus Garvey - Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
Jamaicans Urged to Cleave to the Teachings of Marcus GarveyGovernment of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service, Jamaica - 1 hour agoLiberty Hall contains a museum, computer centre, reference library and a hall, which hosts public lectures, poetry readings and cultural events. ...
- Out and about - Eagle-Tribune
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elvis Week, the annual Elvis celebration at the late superstar's home in Graceland, is scheduled to get underway on Aug. 9. The nine-day event will feature several new activities and entertainment, including "Elvis, From Broadway ...
- Season benchmarks - Malaysia Star
Malaysia StarSeason benchmarksMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 48 minutes agoIts vision of the future, philosophy, characters, story and score all came together to create ? man, what else can you call it but cinematic poetry. ...
- Here's the scoop on this week's Fringe Festival shows - Cincinnati CityBeat
Cincinnati CityBeatHere's the scoop on this week's Fringe Festival showsCincinnati CityBeat, OH - 8 minutes ago"And this is all wildly funny, in a kind of macabre way. The audience will experience a bit of truth, fact and a whole lot of poetry. ...
- Guide: Art spaces - Billings Gazette
Bozeman. 4-8 p.m. Friday, July 11. Lewistown . 4-8 p.m. Friday, July 11. "Expressions Northwest." Port Townsend Arts Commission and Northwind Arts Alliance seek two- and three-dimensional works and photographs for juried art competition. Artist must ...
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