The Geecologist

Cry, The Beloved Country

Cry, The Beloved Country

Jul 8, 2009 | Lies, Truth & Lies | 0 comments

Therefore I shall devote myself, my time, my energy, my talents, to the service of South Africa. I shall no longer ask myself if this or that is expedient, but only if it is right. I shall do this, not because I am noble or unselfish, but because life slips away, and...
Cry, The Beloved Country

Cry, The Beloved Country

Jun 29, 2009 | Lies | 0 comments

– I’ve spoken to Mary, he said to me. She and I agree that it’s more important to speak the truth than to make money. Harrison laughed at that, but cut himself short, remembering the sadness of the occasion. My son John was there, he said, looking at...
The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz

The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz

Jun 24, 2009 | Lies, Truth & Lies | 0 comments

Jachin-Boaz traded in maps. He bought and sold maps, and some, of certain kinds for special uses, he made or had others make for him. That had been his father’s trade, and the walls of the shop that had been his father’s were hung with glazed blue oceans,...
Cry, The Beloved Country

Cry, The Beloved Country

Jun 22, 2009 | Lies | 0 comments

Because the white man has power, we too want power, he said. But when a black man gets power, when he gets money, he is a great man if he is not corrupted. I have seen it often. He seeks power and money to put right what is wrong, and when he gets them, why, he enjoys...
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Jun 8, 2009 | Lies | 0 comments

“You know what’s funny,” I say, “the thing I was most worried about when I was down there, in the South Side, driving around and talking into the tape recorder? I was worried that after I was shot near the lake, that the murderer, who really...