disparities

China really seems to be riding high after the gymnastics competition but something about their performance seems a little bit uneven:

Olympics-China praises gold haul as sign of its rise

By Chris Buckley

I little while ago I talked about one of the things I think we should all do, know your neighbors.

I just finished reading the book, Letters to a Young Teacher, by Jonathan Kozol. I’ve read a couple of Kozol’s other books, but this one came a from a slightly different perspective.

Black Americans were a founding population. Africans and Europeans came here and founded this country together — Europeans by choice and Africans in chains. That’s not a very pretty reality of our founding. . . .

Descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I think you continue to see some of the effects of that. . . .

Michael, at Best Destiny, had 3 questions he wanted asked of John McCain at the debate. His first one was a doozy! Too bad no one thought to ask it.

Michael, at Best Destiny, had 3 questions he wanted asked of John McCain at the debate. His first one was a doozy! Too bad no one thought to ask it.

Tomorrow's NY Times underscores the problem of privately-funded opulence in the heart of crumbling urban infrastructure:

The following summary of our meeting was published in The Tennessean on October 9:

TAP meeting assesses the larger issues of Jena 6
by Angela Patterson

On Oct. 8, The Tennessee Alliance for Progress held a discussion group at Eastwood Christian Church in East Nashville. The topic: what does Jena 6 tell us about racism in America? How does racism play out in the criminal justice system? How can whites and all minority groups come together against