Monthly Archives: April 2008
A Family is a Nation in Miniature
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 … Continue reading
Persecution of Baha’is Making News
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. … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign Affairs
The Iranian Woman Who Made Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Possible
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.
Filed under Presidential Campaign
Amazon Bullying Small Publishers
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 … Continue reading
How Racist am I/are We?
” … from whence comes individual bias? From our society and culture. Racism in America is systemic. It’s been built in since earliest colonial times.” Continue reading
Filed under National Politics, News
Let Us Now Praise Dangerous Men
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 … Continue reading
Filed under politics
