MARIANNE WILLIAMSON - Will be speaking about her new book, called "The Gift of Change: Spiritual Principles For A Radically New Life". The event is being held this Saturday and is being sponsored by The Peace Alliance
[Members of NYC Dept of Peace will be in attendance]
Sunday, January 23, 2005
2:30pm & 5:30Pm
Interfaith Spiritual Fellowship
St. Bartholomew's Church
Park Avenue at 51st Street, NYC

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... A fanatic is a person who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Sir Winston Churchill

THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS AT AN END ... TIME FOR SOME FRESH NEWS

"CORPORATE AMERICANS"
Joshua Holland, AlterNet
George Bush's "Ownership Society" represents a new form of economic populism -- a populism born in>the Hobbesian belief that we all struggle alone in a world where life is nasty, brutish and short.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21000/

PRIMARY COLORS
Steve Cobble, AlterNet
Democrats cannot continue to have two almost-all-white states -- Iowa and New Hampshire -- determine their presidential nominees. The next nominee must be able to activate and inspire a multi-racial, multi-cultural base.
http://www.alternet.org/story/20988/

THE GREAT WHITE WAY
Carrie McLaren, Stay Free! Magazine
Long before Adolf Hitler hit his stride, American activists worked to breed a better, whiter race. Historian Daniel Kevles discusses the U.S. eugenics movement, Fitter Families, and efforts to segregate, sterilize, and castrate the "unfit."
http://www.alternet.org/rights/20990/

THE NEW AD AGE
Joy Lanzendorfer, AlterNet
As opportunities to avoid advertising develop -- such as skipping ads, blocking pop-up windows -- advertisers are working hard to make sure their message is heard, everywhere you go.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20997/

PUNDITS RACE TO THE BOTTOM
Eric Alterman, The Nation
The Armstrong Williams scandal is the latest, and most promising entry, in right-wing pundits' race for the bottom. So why are the networks still inviting them on?
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20999/