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Impact with Paperbacks: Mackenzie Bearup
Sheltering Books, Inc. founded by Mackenzie Bearup in 2007, is now a featured link on this website, allowing you to donate your own books easily to her organization. The story of Mackenzie Bearup and Sheltering Books, Inc. was recently featured on CNN.com and reminds us that even one person can make a big difference. Where [...]
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The Wisdom of the Clan
You’ve been given the chance to hear the true and living. So do the knowledge, son, before you do the wisdom. – RZA, “A Day to God is 1,000 Years” I fell in love with The Wu-Tang Clan later than most Wu-heads of the early 90’s. When my cousin Kyaime moved in with us in [...]
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Knowledge Is Power?
Is it often said that “knowledge is power.” I would have to disagree. There are many knowledgeable people athat are powerless. I would argue that it is the application of knowledge that gives us power and the ability to create change. In the United States, students enter a cycle of homework and standardized tests—a system [...]
Fear
Between checking my email, updating my facebook status, tweeting life’s second to second occurrences, and watching hours of film and television, I have “rediscovered” one of the original forms of communication—the book. This week I happened to come across a nugget of wisdom by author Curtis Jackson. In collaboration with author Robert Greene, Jackson discusses [...]
A Rose By Any Other Name…