PBS = swell

day 6:

missed yesterday. sorry.

but today's resource is so great, it makes up for it.

last year PBS did a special on Frontline on "The Age of AIDS." they've made the entire 4 hour program available for viewing online, as well as creating a central hub of resources, research, and information. this resource is hands down the best overview of AIDS that i have found online. hope you'll take some time to learn from it...

PBS Frontline: The Age of AIDS

veritas forum

I've heard of the veritas forum before. Malone College, the school I graduated from a few years back (and stay actively involved with as a member of the CCO), held a similar sort of idea, except we called them World View Forums. The basic gist was gathering a few experts of varying world views and having them explore their divergent opinions together, venturing through a variety of topics. During my time at Malone, we looked at just war & pacifism (something I hope to explore on this blog sooner or later), Buddhism, sexuality, Hinduism, Judaism, materialism, and more.

Anyway, I stumbled across the Veritas Forum the other day, thanks to my friend Scott Calgaro (yeah, the bio is rather, umm, short, but that austere look ought to convince you of his importance), and found that they have a fantastic collection of their discussions that you can view or listen to online. AND a number of them deal with social justice issues. AND, even better, they have them nicely catalogued so that you can see all the ones associated with this particular topic. AND, finally, because I'm so kind, I've included the link here for your enjoyment. So...enjoy!

Sudan

Thanks to the relentess promotion of a handful of tireless workers (like those who put together Invisible Children, or Don Cheadle and his new book on the topic), Sudan is starting to be a topic that more people are aware of.

On a side note, one of the reasons why I don't think Sudan got a lot of press early on was because most of us have no idea where it is. We assume it's just some small African country, so we don't give it a second thought, not realizing that first of all, size doesn't matter (and neither does location), and even if it did, Sudan's actually 200,000 + square miles larger than Alaska.

Anyway...

Here's a great resource I stumbled across the other day (can't remember how, now), that gives a great, interactive explanation of the crisis in Sudan. Take a look when you have some time...

Washington Post Special Report

A Buffett Blast...

Warren Buffett, the third richest man in the world, chided the US government's tax system recently at a political fundraiser. Apparently, though he's worth about $52 billion, he only had to pay 17.7% on the $42 million he made last year, as opposed to his secretary, who cashed in $60,000 last year (see full article here). Politics aside (and that perhaps he ought to pay his secretary more), Buffett had these wise word to say:

" If you’re in the luckiest 1 per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.”

Wow. That's pretty rich. Take a minute and click here to find out where you rank in the echelons of prosperity. What are you doing today to think about the rest of the world?


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