We, the ProKnows, find ourselves often just like The Architect: confounded by what escapes our cultivated, quantifiable or at least rationally comprehensible “knowledge.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Jim Wooten independently confirms this quote from the Bahá’í writings: “A family is a nation in miniature.
This is a brief helping of food for thought.
I just read a column by Jim Wooten of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Forum on manhood misses the mark.” It’s a discussion of an article by Macon Telegraph reporter [...]
In an earlier post, I outlined the renewed persecution of the Bahá’ís of Iran and the progress of House Resolution 1008, which condemns that persecution and calls on the Iranian government to full religious and civil freedom to the Baha’is. I’m happy to report that my own representative, Jim Marshall of the 8th District of [...]
Unknown to those feminist pioneers, not long before the gathering at Seneca Falls, thousands of miles away in Iran, a.k.a. Persia, the woman now known as Tahirih … launched the movement for gender equality that led, in America at least, to women’s suffrage in 1920 and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
I don’t have a book out yet, but this item worries me. According to Writer’s Weekly, a top freelance writing site, Amazon.com is now bullying small publishers who use print-on-demand technology into signing contracts requiring them to use Amazon’s BookSurge POD service. Those who refuse face no longer being able to sell through Amazon. The [...]
DISCLAIMER: This post, and more to follow, discusses issues raised by the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, and the teachings of the Bahá’í Faith on those issues. In keeping with Bahá’í principles of non-partisanship, this post and others related to it are not intended to, and should not be interpreted as, endorsing or opposing [...]
” … from whence comes individual bias? From our society and culture. Racism in America is systemic. It’s been built in since earliest colonial times.”
I’ve been bored the past week or so. Anniversaries of significant dates can bring out the boredom in me. It’s all the unoriginal things people write and say, in this case around Martin Luther King and the commemmoration of his death …
Note: This post is one of several that discusses issues raised by Sen. Barack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” speech, from the perspective of the Baha’i Faith. It is not an endorsement of Sen. Obama’s candidacy. Please see the first entry (link below) for a full disclaimer.
It took some time, but Sen. Barack Obama’s presence on the [...]
