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A Reason To Buy More Books
f you're reading this col-
umn while holding an ac- tual newspaper, and you enjoy the feeling of turning pages, I suggest you savor every second of the experience for all it's worth because 5 to 10 years from now it will probably be easier to find a cassette player inside of an electronics store than it will be to come across anything to read in paper form.
Like the numerous other in- dustries that have gone into extinction over the last decade, including record stores, pay phone manufacturing compa- nies and movie rental estab- lishments (it seems like just yesterday that returning DVDs to Blockbuster was a weekly occurrence) print publishing is positioned to become the latest casualty of modern technol- ogy. It isn't a question of if it's going to happen but, rather, what date will be carved into the tombstone?
With an entire generation
growing up accustomed to having access to all of the in- formation they could dream of in the palm of their hands, magazines, newspapers and books will soon be viewed as nothing more than ancient ar- tifacts from a bygone era when people had to leave their homes to find out what was going on in the world, relics that will be studied in the his- tory classes of the future where they'll wonder how we coped with handling so much cum- bersome material?
While some may view this leap in progress as just another step in the evolution of man, the thing that concerns me the most is what will become of so- ciety after physical books no longer exist? Newspapers and magazines can survive on a digital format. But once the last printed copy of a rare manuscript is sold, and every text ever written is down- loaded into a mainframe somewhere, who, or what, is
going to be the gatekeeper of the knowledge?
Will titles like The Isis Pa- pers, From Superman To Man, The Destruction Of Black Civilization and The African Origins World Re- ligions be included in the re- tained memories of artificial intelligences like Amazon's ALEXA, or will they be deemed unsuitable for mass consump- tion by those who wish to con- trol the historic narrative going forward? This kind of uncertainty is why I believe it's imperative, for those of us who understand the power of the conscious mind, to make every effort to obtain as many pieces of literature as possible while they're still available.
It may not seem that impor- tant right now. But, when it comes to approaching a future where certain information may be kept under wraps, or even erased through a cyber attack, I don't think that there's any- thing you can leave your chil- dren or grandchildren that will be as valuable as a collection of books that they can simply pick up and read whenever they want to know the truth.
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Theresa Manuel: The Greatest Generation
ational news anchor Tom Brokaw wrote a bestselling
book entitled The Greatest Generation. It was about men and women of the mid-Twentieth Century who had made an indelible mark on the pages of history. We have not read Brokaw’s book, but we venture this observation: If Theresa Manuel’s name is not among its table of content, then in all due respects, Mr. Brokaw has written an incom- plete text.
And where were you in 1948? For your information, that was the year “Give ’em Hell” Harry Truman became Amer- ica’s 40th President. It was the year the former Soviet Union built a wall between East and West Berlin, and was the year the immortal pug Joe Louis hung up his gloves.
But for Theresa Manuel, 1948 was the year she made his- tory by becoming the first Black female Floridian to repre- sent America during Olympic completion in London, England.
This young woman with the most disarming smile and who competed against the world’s best in the Women’s 80 meter hurdles and in the Women’s 4 x 100 yard relay, would later return to America and to Tampa, where she was wel- comed as a hero, then settled into a life of coaching and teaching at her alma mater Middleton High School, where she inspired male and female students until her retirement decades later.
But it didn’t seem to bother her that the world soon seemed to forget the crowds’ roars that were the wind at her back in London. It didn’t seem to deflate Theresa Manuel when sports writers hailed gold medalist Black Olympian Wilma Rudolph as history’s darling.
Indeed, it made no difference to Theresa because the hurdles she’d run and the awards she received were hidden unharmed in the safe of her indomitable attitude.
Therefore, we celebrate the life and legend of the late Ms. Theresa Manuel, and are convinced that when she reached the Hereafter, two of the first folks to welcome her home were Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph.
Healthcare Or Health-Scare?
There is nothing caring about the healthcare industry, which is why The Affordable Healthcare Care Act (Obamacare) got a bad rap due to the majority of Americans who signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Healthcare Act had serious pre-existing
health conditions. That was a major reason people didn’t have health insurance in the first place.
Furthermore, the health insurance industry is driven by the return on investment to stock holders, which causes insurers to compete for the highest return. Moreover, the cost of med- icine, which has increased astronomically over the past five years contributed to the rising cost of healthcare as well. Other factors include demand – prices rise when demand increases relative to supply, increased regulations, the cost of medical devices, and hospital care. Over regulation and excessive taxation (i.e. taxes on medical devices) have been blamed as well.
Approximately 13 years ago, a middle aged couple was paying nearly $1000 each month for health insurance coverage on the open market. Thus, if you have never had health insur- ance coverage before, premiums for joining Obamacare would have a “sticker price shock” effect on newly insured Americans.
Between 2012 and 2015, even though 20 million more Americans were able to secure health insurance there are still 28.5 million Americans without health insurance.
Any changes to Obamacare that reduces the number of Americans with health insurance certainly will not favor American citizens. Thus, talk of tax credits without financial assis- tance to Americans who are not eligible for Medicaid is counter to the intent of Affordable health care coverage.
Beware of GOP “Trojan Horse” healthcare initiatives.” Once again, people of color are at the highest risk of being uninsured.
BREAKING NEWS!! BREAKING NEWS!! BREAKING NEWS!! BREAKING NEWS!!
900 HATE INCIDENTS REPORTED SINCE TRUMP’S WIN
Black children being
told by classmates to sit
in the back of school
buses. Muslims called
“terrorist” and told to go
back to “your country
with ISIS.” Swastikas
drawn on a synagogue,
schools, cars and driveways. A gay man being beaten by an assailant who said the “president says we can kill all you faggots now.” Plus “Trump Nation” and “Whites Only” spray-painted on a church at- tended largely by immigrants.
Those are some of the nearly 900 hate incidents across the U.S. in the 10 days immediately following President-elect Donald Trump’s surprise victory earlier this month.
NO CHARGE FOR N.C. COP
CHARLOTTE, NC --- Char- lotte, N.C., Police Officer Brentley Vinson will not face any charges for the Septem- ber shooting death of Keith La- mont Scott, 43, on Sept. 20th.
TUTOR FRACTURES JAW OF STUDENT
BALTIMORE – A tutor is under police in- vestigation after a young boy, Trayvon Grayson, 7, left with a fractured jaw and miss- ing teeth under his care, as reported by CNN.
Grayson’s mother said that the tutor threw him against a wall for acting unruly.
The tutor, however,
claims that’s not true
and told the police that
the boy lost his footing and “hit himself” on the wall.
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