tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post2272205355175504015..comments2024-03-28T20:47:48.468-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: A PICTURE FROM SOUTH AFRICARobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-68366757925263272052011-04-03T07:45:33.844-04:002011-04-03T07:45:33.844-04:00I saw that, and read the obit. A great loss. Why...I saw that, and read the obit. A great loss. Why do the really bad people all seem to live forever, and the good die young? If I may be a bit irreverent, I am reminded of my favorite passage from Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks [a major source of our knowledge of 6th century Europe.] After detailing the appalling crimes of some minor Frankish Duke, Gregory remarks complacently [I am paraphrasing] "He died in his bed at the age of eighty-one, and thus God's justice is made manifest."Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-48518229985264880812011-04-03T07:06:31.907-04:002011-04-03T07:06:31.907-04:00From the Times:
"Manning Marable, the author...From the Times:<br /><br />"Manning Marable, the author of a long-awaited new biography of Malcolm X to be published Monday and director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University, died Friday at the age of 60, his wife, Leith Mullings, has confirmed."GTChristiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14390368105725901371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-8719152359051655162011-04-01T13:00:38.262-04:002011-04-01T13:00:38.262-04:00Look forward to seeing more :-)Look forward to seeing more :-)NotHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443644930695303411noreply@blogger.com