Thomas Friedman was on a roll last week, putting forward one sweeping declaration after another – as he is wont to do. Some of it was kind of interesting, made you stop and think. Like the idea that we find ourselves at the mercy these days of the "two most merciless forces on earth: the market and Mother Nature." The latter, which caused the Japanese nuclear energy crisis, we can't do much about but it does underscore the fact that the country has neither an
Carl Bloice (1939-2014) was one of the first Northern reporters to journey to the South to cover the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. He was among the founders of the W.E.B. DuBois Clubs and served on the Central Committee of the Communist Party USA. He was editor of the West Coast People's World newspaper and of the People's Daily World. He was the paper's Moscow correspondent during the final years of the Soviet Union. He later served as an editorial board member for BlackCommentator.com, helped found the Committees of Correspondence for Socialism and Democracy, and worked for the California Nurses Association.
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