Writing Has Made Me A Better Man.

I Get Most My Information About What's Happening In The United States From Reports And Studies, Which Are Often In Conflict With What You Read On The Editorial Pages, Or Handouts From Right Wing Institutions Like The American Enterprise Institute.

The Plays Raise Issues That Are Ignored In Other Forums.

I'm Beginning To Believe That Killer Illiteracy Ought To Rank Near Heart Disease And Cancer As One Of The Leading Causes Of Deathamong Americans. What You Don't Know Can Indeed Hurt You, And So Those Who Can Neither Read Nor Write Lead Miserable Lives, Like Richard Wright's Character, Bigger Thomas, Born Dead With No Past Or Future.

I Was Roommates With 2 Of The Guys Who Were Influential In Forming The Black Arts Philosophy. I Called Them "goons," And [amiri] Baraka Took Offense At That. But If You Read His Autobiography, The Night We Went Up There For A Fundraiser, He Talks About How He Wished That Some Violence Would Happen To Us. How Do You Like Baraka As A Gracious Host?

There Would Be No Rock And Roll Without Ike Turner, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, Etc. Fake Ghetto Books And Fake Ghetto Music. Elvis Presley, Whom They Idol, Is Merely A Karaoke Makeover Of James Brown And Chuck Berry.