Friday, November 07, 2008
Great questions for a new leader
Cornel West's great questions of Obama.
1. How deep is your love for the people?
2. What kind of courage do you have?
3. What are you willing to sacrifice for?
These are not bad questions of anyone seeking to lead others and are worth something of a ponder.
Here are Cornel's five most important books in this weeks Newsweek. The book he thinks parents should most hope to read to their children is 'The fire next time' by James Baldwin. I confess I have never even heard of it.
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