Happy birthday, Che Guevara! Here some quotes from the revolutionary. “I have lived magnificent days.” “If you tremble with…
“Power has to be insecure to be responsive.”
Happy birthday, Ralph Nader! 85, today! “Half of democracy is about just showing up.” “We must strive to become good…
“Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.”
Happy birthday, W. E. B. Du Bois! Here are some quotes by this significant thinker. “Ignorance is a cure for…
Happy birthday, Rosa Parks!
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be…
“It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it.”
Happy birthday, Kenzaburō Ōe! Here are some quotes from this marvelous writer: “I am the kind of writer who rewrites…
Politics and the Novel
Why do I listen to NPR? Lately, it seems as though it’s been overrun by heathens, although maybe I’m just…