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James Burnham (November 22, 1905 – July 28, 1987) was an American philosopher and political theorist. He chaired the New York University Department of Philosophy.. His first book was An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis (1931).
The Paradoxical Commandments is both a poem and a book by Keith, which he wrote as an undergraduate. [2] [3] It is often found in slightly altered form.In 1997, Keith learned that the poem "The Paradoxical Commandments" had hung on the wall of Mother Teresa's children's home in Calcutta, India; [4] and, two decades after writing the original poem, Dr. Keith wrote a book of the same title ...
On June 7, 1957, during a debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Rep. Thomas Abernethy of Mississippi read into the Congressional Record a supposed quotation from the nonexistent book, which was purported to have been written by an "Israel Cohen" in 1912. It said: "We must realize that our party's most powerful weapon is racial tensions.
After he and his then-partner and fellow Stereo Graffiti member, Kay Russell, moved to Bradford in the summer of 1977, they formed the band Ulterior Motives, releasing a single – "Y'Gotta Shout" c/w "Another Lover" – on their own label, Motive Music, in 1979.
An Open Letter: John Earnest: English: 27 April 2019: Earnest posted an anti-semitic and racist open letter on 8chan shortly before the shooting, and signed with his name. It was heavily focused on white genocide as an idea; the manifesto accused Jews of genociding the white race.
The Old Negro Space Program was nominated for the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Script, but was ruled ineligible because the film "did not meet the requirement of professional release, or the 12 month period for nomination (after professional release) expired prior to the film receiving enough nominations to be placed on the ballot;" the SFWA, administrators of the award, stated that the ...
Sue Grafton was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to C. W. Grafton (1909–1982) and Vivian Harnsberger, both of whom were the children of Presbyterian missionaries. [2]Her father was a municipal bond lawyer who also wrote mystery novels, and her mother was a former high school chemistry teacher. [3]
Both wrote passionately about the promise (and betrayal) of American democracy, the central importance of erotic experience, and the spiritual quest for the truth of everyday existence. J. D. McClatchy, editor of the Yale Review, called Ginsberg "the best-known American poet of his generation, as much a social force as a literary phenomenon ...