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 I Did Read Malcom X, Mr. Attorney General, But You Wouldn't Understand How His Life Was Changed  Like many of my generation, I read Malcolm X's Autobiography.  Malcolm had a great influence on me—though you wouldn't understand that influence any more than you truly understand the changes that Malcolm underwent after making a religious pilgrimage to Mecca. Malcolm's great influence upon me was shown by my remark, "he didn't have anything to say, but he sure was great at saying it". I was converted away from belief in the value of the art of persuasion simply by watching a 5 minute press...

Explanation: From a radiant point in the constellation of the Twins, the annual Geminid meteor shower rained down on planet Earth over the past few weeks. Recorded near the shower's peak over the night of December 13 and 14, the above skyscape captures Gemini's shooting stars in a four-hour composite from the dark skies of the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. In the foreground the 2.5-meter du Pont Telescope is visible as well as the 1-meter SWOPE telescope. The skies beyond the meteors are highlighted by Jupiter, seen as the bright spot near the image center, the central band of...

Dark satire in which the token black man on the executive board of an advertising firm is accidentally put in charge. Renaming the business "Truth and Soul, Inc.", he replaces the tight regime of monied white ad men with his militant brothers. Soon afterwards, however, the power that comes with its position takes its toll on Putney...