Updated: Monday, 22 July, 2002WEB EVENT 318 Trust the Markets

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CONGRATULATIONS TO BINYAVANGA WAINAINA our G21 AFRICA writer! It was announced on 16 July, 2002, that he was the first Internet-only writer to be the recipient of the prestigious Caine Prize in African Writing. You can read all about it at this link to the BBC online.

Austin, Republic of Texas - I've been a Sanitation Engineer, that is trashmonger, a long durn time now but I never thought I'd see the day when the talk of the trailer park would be Wall Street CEOs. And not just the trailer park either, ya'll. Even The Shrub is sayin' it's time to get tough on these robber baron swindlers (forgetting for a moment, I guess, that he used to be one of them.)

I think it's gonnah be a cold day in Hell before you hear any more Republicans bragging that George Dubya runs the White House like a corporation again. Heh!

That's all well and good -- until we look at the record. And you don't have to just take ole Tom's word for this. It's historical FACT...MORE


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by HARRISON CHASTANG, III
News Director, KPOO FM Radio

San Francisco, CA, USA - Remember when George W. Bush was "appointed" president by the U.S. Supreme Court, at the expense of thousands of Black Florida voters whose ballots weren't counted in the 2000 election, the closest in U.S. history?

Bush, who had run on a campaign to reach out to African-Americans, said he didn't understand why he had one of the lowest number of Black votes of any Republican candidate, even though GOP officials say the number of registered Black Republicans is at an all time high. In a concession to the outcome of the 2000 election, Bush promised to make it up by appointing more Blacks and having the White House reach out to Blacks like no administration in the past. Bush lived up to half that promise. With great fanfare Bush appointed three Blacks to high-level White House positions. Then the Big Chill took effect...MORE

Marietta, OH, USA - Eric Alexander has quickly become one of the masters of the jazz and his easily recognizable sound on the tenor sax should continue to attract new fans as his fame spreads. His latest album should take Alexander another couple of rungs up the ladder.

"Summit Meeting"(Milestone Records) pairs Alexander with his long-time rhythm section, which includes Harold Maborn at the piano, John Webber on bass and Joe Farnsworth on drums. On four tracks, Alexander is paired with Nicholas Payton on trumpet and flugelhorn and it's a tasty combo. ...MORE

MY GLASS HOUSE:

by ROD AMIS

NEW ORLEANS - I can't begin to express how I felt on Tuesday, during my brief "check-in" to retrieve my mail and get my pal Matt to print my CV for me for a(nother) job I was trying to find here, to discover that BINYAVANGA ("The Binj") WAINAINA had won the Caine Prize in African Writing. There was pride, yes; I had helped him get the Caine awards committee to accept that some of us Internet publishers were actually serious about what it is we do here, had staying power and knew good writing when it banged us across the snout. That hurdle alone had surprised and pleased us both, as his was the first Internet-only writing the committee had ever accepted.

When I received the e-mail that Binj had made the final cut, I was ecstatic. It was the kind of validation I've always (not so secretly) wanted for this journal. I had always asserted that our standards and practices were competitive with the print world, now there was concrete, prestigious outside confirmation...MORE

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