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Don't Blame Ronald

"I wash myself with a rag on a stick." – Bart Simpson

NORTH AMERICAN CHILDREN ARE AT RISK of dying at a younger average age than their parents’ generation. It seems odd, considering the advances in medicine and health awareness; yet, many children today are overweight, too many dangerously so.
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The WTO at the Crossroads

In early August, talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) collapsed – again! To insiders, this comes as little surprise as the WTO has been in crisis for close to a decade; indeed, the organisation has reached an impassable deadlock.

Despite all the rhetoric about trade liberalisation and market efficiency, rich countries such as Britain, France, the United States, and Japan remain insistent on maintaining their agricultural subsidies which towe...

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one-hour ode to good music

Something happened on the road to revolution.

Someone or something above pulled on the strings of creativity and left us in the wake of mediocrity. Exposure to thought-provoking music has been shaded by an ADD-led onslaught of 15 minute-famers whose momentary appeal doesn’t seem to have the prerequisite punch card.

Bubblegum pop has left a bad taste in my mouth and normally I love both bubblegum and pop. Read more...

Icarus' Boots - Diego Maradona Revealed

But he was too good for his own good. A soccer genius, Diego Armando Maradona rose from the slums of Buenos Aires to become an icon and an idol in Argentina and Italy. Author of the infamous Hand of God goal that he punched in against England during the 1986 World Cup, many of Maradona’s goals were the result of his tradema...

will the REAL urban poets please stand up

a {READ OUT LOUD} contribution...

{IS HIP HOP DEAD OR AM I GETTING OLD ?}

I remember when hip hop had substance; when it had credibility and creativity. I remember when we called it Rap. When Def Jam, Public Enemy & Run DMC anthems ruled the airwaves back in {my} day, artists felt a responsibility to question the status qu...

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