Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The Wide Gyre

The dawn of the twenty-first century rises above a world linked by technology, blessed by the power of telecommunication networks, its people showered with information – yet the great many of us remain painfully uninformed about the world around us.  We are caught hopelessly in a widening whirlpool of political and social spin, as historical facts and ideas are twisted or suppressed to support those of the elite.

The internet is the forum for the common people.  It is a place for the free expression of ideas, the very calm center of the wide gyre that surrounds it.  As the world spins wildly outside, here you have found a place, free from prejudice, where the free exchange of ideas is not only supported, but encouraged.

That's exactly what this blog is about.