The Palin Treatment
Posted on December 30, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Caroline Kennedy knows what it feels like to be Sarah Palin. After providing a few short interviews to The Associated Press and New York City cable TV’s NY1, the wheels are coming off her candidacy to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as New York State’s junior senator. The New York Times says:
she seemed less like a [...]
Herman Badillo Educator of the Year
Posted on December 30, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 4 Comments
The following is an introduction to the accomplishments of the great New York statesman and education reformer, Herman Badillo I wrote for the Queens Village Eagle and local New York media:
Herman Badillo will be receiving his long overdue honors and recognition from the GOP at the Lincoln Bicentennial Dinner. The Queens Village Republican Club will [...]
Maimonides: The Patron Saint of Venture Capitalism
Posted on December 28, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 5 Comments
Suppose you were standing on the stairs outside the New York Public Library, beside Leo Astor or Leo Lenox, who gaze with serene, marbled regard across the exuberant pandemonium of Midtown Manhattan. Suppose, also, you were to ask the panoply of patrons passing by to name the fictional character who best captures the essence of [...]
Israel’s Gaza Strikes: Pre-Emptive Responses to Chomsky-ite Left
Posted on December 28, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
All the right answers, from Bradley Burston in Haaretz.
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U.S. & Georgia Sign Security Pact
Posted on December 28, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Largely unreported in the mainstream media, but Wired Magazine reports that on January 4 the U.S. and Georgia will sign a “bilateral charter that will outline our enhanced cooperation to help Georgia advance security, democratic, and market economic reforms to strengthen Georgia, bolster our partnership, and deepen Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration. This charter is similar to [...]
The Bush Legacy
Posted on December 28, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Kevin Hassett writes in Bloomberg that “President Bush’s Legacy May End Up Better Than You Think”:
On foreign policy, Bush emphasizes that he pursued a “freedom agenda” and spread freedom to Iraq. While the Iraqi future is far from clear, it is possible that the country becomes a democracy and a reliable ally of the U.S. [...]
Monks sing Metallica
Posted on December 28, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Monks sing a haunting song I didn’t recognize, “Nothing Else Matters.” Unless you’re a Metallica fan, you may not recognize it, either. It’s lovely and moving. Please do give it a listen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7csvgL-G3E
For those unfamiliar with this song, here are the lyrics:
So close, no matter how far
Couldn’t be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we [...]
Rather than Bailouts, FTAs
Posted on December 20, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
This month’s Washington Lawyer has an excellent article by Sarah Kellogg entitled, “Selling Free Trade,” and she makes an interesting point about how Washington can help the Big 3 automakers: pass free trade agreements (FTAs):
“Halting the free trade agreement with Columbia made no sense economically, Bush officials argued, since Colombia’s exports enter the United States [...]
Global Freezing
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
In Time’s Person of the Year piece on President-elect Obama he’s quoted as saying:
“And then the third thing that keeps me up at night is the issue of nuclear proliferation,” Obama continues, sailing on through the horribles. “And then the final thing, just to round out my Happy List, is climate change. All the indicators are that [...]
Free, online geography game both adults and children will enjoy
Posted on December 16, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Travelpod has a delightful online geography game, where you’re asked to click the location of a famous place or even location that’s named, such as “Kyoto” or “the Battle of Stalingrad.” This link takes you to the World Geography game, but there are also settings for the U.S, Europe, South America, among other parts of [...]
