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Semaphore & Cairn

Semaphore & Cairn

—–message systems and citizenship—–

  • Semaphore Modern
  • Cairn Everlasting

Author: Ken Smith

These pieces were not written by the late British poet, Ken Smith (1938-2003), nor the other Ken Smiths who make bass guitars, study marine biology, sell cars, teach card counting, paint war scenes in oils, guide bear hunters in Idaho, teach forest management, study immunology, do war reporting, sell real estate, photograph nature, teach cryptology, provide legal counsel to the gay and lesbian community, realign the spines of athletes, listen for seismic faults in the Sierra Nevadas, operate a 4-axis milling machine, work for sustainable development in Alberta, play blackjack, or criticize Junk English. Nor were the pieces written by the Ken Smith who is “the Elvis Costello of Landscape Architecture” nor the one who serves in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives nor the one who hit a home run for the Atlanta Braves in 1983. I only wish.

Charles M. Blow tries to stir an alienated nation to use the most basic tool of citizenship, the vote. @CharlesMBlow

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 15, 2014December 15, 2014

Libraries: “We should…be facilitating access to the tools citizens require,” writes @ijclark. Not consumers.

http://infoism.co.uk/2014/11/what-if-we-considered-library-users-as-citizens/

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 14, 2014

“Does the world know yet that we’ll hold up our values and hold our government accountable?” asks Senator McCaskill.

http://m.thenation.com/blog/192233-gut-check-moment-its-time-reject-cheneyism

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 13, 2014

“This is a gut-check moment for our democracy,” says Senator McCaskill of the torture report.

http://m.thenation.com/blog/192233-gut-check-moment-its-time-reject-cheneyism

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 13, 2014December 13, 2014

“A white town where my blackness is still constantly pointed out to me as if I am somehow unaware of its existence.”

http://thebillfold.com/2014/12/madison-is-a-great-small-liberal-city-unless-youre-black/

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 12, 2014December 12, 2014

John Edwin Mason’s commentaries about The Americans, Robert Frank’s 1950s photographic tour of the dystopian USA.

http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/john_edwin_mason_photogra/robert-frank/

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 11, 2014December 11, 2014

The @Guardian’s food writer @MsJackMonroe describes the psychic weight of poverty in an eloquent and moving essay.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/10/poverty-unable-open-front-door-food-banks-parliamentary-inquiry

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 10, 2014

“Misogyny and racism and how these teen boys are being taught to normalize those behaviors.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/a-users-guide-to-dealing-with-trolls-on-the-internet

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 10, 2014December 10, 2014

“Take this in, endlessly, is the basic philosophy of our schools. Create nothing. Just listen and learn.”

http://smith.smallpict.com/

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 10, 2014December 10, 2014

How poverty works.

http://smith.smallpict.com/2014/01/08/howPovertyWorks.html

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 10, 2014December 10, 2014

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