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Africa 2009 – Bridging the knowledge divide – Institution Building – Part 8 of 30

19 hours ago ago from Africa Heritage Society

As the year comes to an end, we need to pause and reflect on institution building as one of the enduring challenges of our time.  Why was Africa colonized?  Why did it take long to reassert civil rights to the majority?  Is it not ironic that the people who colonized Africa chose to adopt it as a home? The infrastructure built to support colonialism is still in situ.  If the settlers did not love Africa, why would they build real estate ...

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Octave Mirbeau quotes

20 hours ago ago from Quote Poem

To take something from a person and keep it for oneself: that is robbery. To take something from one person and then turn it over to another in exchange for as much money as you can get: that is business. Robbery is so much more stupid, since it is satisfied with a single, frequently dangerous profit; whereas in business it can be doubled without danger. You're obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions you think ...

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Boyd: "Take the ugly with the pretty and enjoy the scene when you can."

20 hours ago ago from Lucid Idiocy (politics)

By middle-of-the-biggest-sex-scandal-in-state-history standards, today's been kind of quiet. So let me point you toward this piece, told from the first person, on former long-time Macon Telegraph columnist Bill Boyd: “Give the people the light and they will find their own way.” That is the best quote I’ve ever heard about newspapering. That’s what it’s all about.

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