delivered 12 April 1999, Washington, D.C. [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.] Mr. President, Mrs. Clinton, members of Congress, Ambassador Holbrooke, Excellencies, friends: Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town ... Read more...
Rockwell Knuckles has certainly been living life in the fast lane. Since dropping his latest album, You're Fucking Out, I'm Fucking In, the talented MC has released a behind-the-scenes video, guest featured on a variety of projects, and recently finished a series of performances with XV and Casey ... Read more...
I was visiting my nephews, again. Within seconds of seeing me fiddle with my iPhone, my older nephew, Jack, who is 8, asked me, again, if my iPhone had any videogames on it. "Uh, no, sorry Jack," was my reply, letting a white lie skip through my teeth. I knew his mother and father might b... Read more...
The clock is ticking for the state Department of Public Welfare. Under the budget Gov. Tom Corbett signed late Thursday, the department has to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses while still providing services required by law. To help, state lawmakers gave the agency a controversial ... Read more...
Patricia A. Ackerman - Executive Director of the Chalkdust Education Foundation "Can you hear me, now?" was a popular query in a cell phone ad a few years back. The caller was seeking confirmation that two-way communication was occurring. By inference, and assuming no language barrier or audi... Read more...
I got this email from a colleague the Tuesday after Memorial Day: “Can’t come in today. Stomach bug.” I’m no detective but—with barbeque season officially starting the day before—a prime suspect immediately jumped to mind: the norovirus, the most common cause of food poisoning in the ... Read more...
Oh say can you see…the end of American independence? This Fourth of July, the United States celebrates its 235th year of freedom from British rule. That’s emancipated us from yeasty marmite, pesky ‘u’s in our ‘neighbors’ and from having to ask God to “save the Queen”. Phew.... Read more...
He came to me on crutches that crushed my foot when I walked by I couldn’t help but notice him after that, because he persisted it was my fault Our fault, our kind, and his addiction to the allure that kept him blind Keeps him blind, although I assure him taking off those glasses won’t be as ... Read more...
One thing's clear: Nielsen Soundscan doesn't count every last album sale. That would be impossible. But are they somehow missing this vast number of unsigned and indie albums (and singles), and grossly skewing our picture of who's really winning? That's been a longtime argument from two of the... Read more...