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Blogging: The First Rough Draft of History
2008-11-05 17:22:00 "Journalism is supposed to be the first rough draft of history, but now it’s the second draft — blogging is the first." ~ Nicholas Kristof, NY Times More About: History , Blogging , Draft
What About Iraq?
2008-06-20 13:40:00 In his NYT op-ed column on June 18th, Thomas Friedman writes: "Iraq has become one of those subjects that so many people now come to with so much emotional scar tissue that it is very hard to have a sober discussion about the actual situation there today. So much is colored by how you feel about George Bush or whether you were for or against the war. As a result, what we do next in Iraq — how
Muhammad Yunus Gives Commencement Speech at MIT
2008-06-17 14:52:00 "Poverty is not created by the poor. It is created by the system. Poverty is an artificial imposition on people. Once you fall outside the system, it works against you. It makes it very difficult to return to the system. How do we change this? Where do we begin?" - Professor Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, speaking at the 2008 MIT commencement ceremony. In More About: Commencement , Speech
Fathers Day - Dedicated to Tim Russert
2008-06-14 20:45:00 Tim Russert at Boston College's 128th Commencement Exercises on May 24, 2004 I'm dedicating this year's Fathers Day post to Tim Russert. As a Catholic with a lot of Irish in me and a solid base of Catholic upbringing and Jesuit education, I connected with Tim's public persona. I didn't know him. I wish I'd had an opportunity to know him. I recall passing him in the hallway at the 2006 More About: Fathers Day , Tim Russert , Dedicated
Tim Russert Has Died
2008-06-13 15:08:00 Breaking: Tim Russert has died at the age of 58. My deepest sympathies go out to Tim's father, who Tim lovingly called "Big Russ", Tim's wife, Maureen Orth, and Tim's son, Luke, who lost his Dad just a couple days before Father's Day. From MSNBC: WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the moderator of "Meet the Press," died Friday after a sudden heart attack at the More About: Died
Was Jeremy Waggoner Victim of Hate Crime?
2008-06-13 08:02:00 Daily Tribune [Detroit]: Hairdresser found dead Source: dailytribune.com This story is haunting me this morning. What happened to Jeremy Waggoner? I'm not the only one wondering if this brutal murder may have been a hate crime. From atdetroit.net: "Does anyone know what happened to Jeremy Waggoner?" You can see a video at this site. Update 10:45 am: "JohnBerk" at DiscussDetroit writes " More About: Crime , Hate , Victim , Hate Crime
Why Fewer Homeless in Istanbul Than in Seattle?
2008-06-13 02:24:00 The Rev. Patrick Howell, S.J., in a special report to The Seattle Times, gives us his insight regarding a part of the reason why, as he observed on a recent trip, there are so few homeless people living on the streets of Istanbul : "We saw a few beggars in Istanbul, but the homeless, if they exist, were not visible to us. Our Turkish hosts, most of whom had completed college degrees in the U.S More About: Homeless
A great song by Joni Mitchell
2008-06-13 01:53:00 One of my favorite songs of all time .. it's by Joni Mitchell .... More About: Song , Great
My video on Global Warming
2008-06-09 14:40:00 The 2004 Onondaga County Music Educator's Association's All-County Music Festival presented the song "Whose Garden Was This?" My son was in the festival chorus you'll hear in the video I've created. I was struck not only by the beauty of the song, but by the message itself. Songwriter Tom Paxton reminds us that there are countless ways in which we take nature for granted...and soon, More About: Video , Global Warming , Global
Now that the Dems Have A Nominee......
2008-06-06 21:15:00 I was thinking about writing a post to attempt to convey to you how I'm feeling now that the Democratic primary race has finally come to a conclusion and Hillary Clinton has graciously offered her support to Barack Obama. I thought I'd wait and let you read what I consider to be a post that reflects many of my own feelings, even if I didn't start out as a Hillary-supporter. Tom Watson is a
In Remembrance of Bobby Kennedy
2008-06-06 08:06:00 Twenty years after his death, Bobby Kennedy 's wife tells NBC's Tom Brokaw that not only was she in love with Bobby, but that she was in awe of him. It's hard to believe that it's now been 40 years since we lost Bobby. Video of Ted Kennedy's voice delivering the closing part of the eulogy at the funeral of his brother Bobby, using excerpts from Bobby's famous speech to the students of More About: Remembrance
Camillus Memorial Day Parade
2008-05-27 10:07:00 Add Jude Nagurney Camwell's channel to your page The photo above is from Page Two of the Local section of today's Syracuse Post Standard. My son is in the foreground in the top photo and the caption includes information about him and his Troop. More About: Memorial Day , Memorial , Parade
Happy Mothers Day
2008-05-11 12:22:00 Happy Mothers ' Day The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is this the long way?" she asked. And the guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning." But the young mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything could be better than these years. So she played with her More About: Mothers Day , Happy
For Jenna Bush and Laura Bush
2008-05-09 09:37:00 Tomorrow Jenna Bush will be married. This video is dedicated to her life and travels. As a mother whose child had not yet wed, I can just imagine the mixed emotions of Jenna's mother today. Music by Harley West; video by my good friend "Woodrow" Williams. More About: Jenna Bush , Laura Bush , Laura
Didn't Realize How Much Andrew Sullivan Personally Dislikes The Clintons
2008-05-07 12:54:00 I don't share Andrew Sullivan 's strong personal disliking for Hillary and Bill Clinton. The strong adjectives he uses to describe both Bill and Hillary Clinton as "frauds", quoting others who classify Hillary as "narcissistic" and "hungry for power" (as if every Presidential candidate isn't), and Hillary and Bill as "shameless" for competing. His choice of what to blog about often sends jabs More About: Andrew Sullivan
Obama and Hillary Unity Ticket Discussed
2008-05-07 09:46:00 Here's my reply to a top-rated diary at Daily Kos this morning (title: "Yes to Unity . But Let's Not Go Overboard") : Diarist wrote: .... a "unity ticket"...doesn't help Obama or his supporters, nor does it help Clinton and her supporters, and frankly, it does little for the party when all is said and done..." I replied: I couldn't agree less. A unity ticket with these two fantastic More About: Hillary , Ticket
Burmese Political Prisoners Murdered After Cyclone Struck
2008-05-07 08:40:00 Burmese prisoners 'executed after cyclone hit' By Sebastien Berger, Graham Jenkins and Stephen Adams Telegraph UKIn Rangoon, where monks and civilians were clearing the streets of debris, a man who refused to be identified added: "Where are all those uniformed people who are always ready to beat civilians? They should come out in full force and help clean up the areas and restore electricity." More About: Political , Prisoners , Cyclone
Suicide Hotline for Veterans in Crisis
2008-05-05 15:08:00 In 2007, suicides among active-duty soldiers reached their highest level since the Army began keeping such records in 1980, according to The Washington Post. Last year, 121 soldiers took their own lives, nearly 20 percent more than in 2006. Attempted suicides or self-inflicted injuries in the Army have increased since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars began. Last year, about 2,100 soldiers injured More About: Veterans , Suicide , Crisis
Hillary Used Badly in Eight Belles Comparison
2008-05-04 12:04:00 Blogger Tom Watson rightly, in my opinion, points out the insulting, cruel and inappropriate nature of this comment that was posted underneath one of ABC News' Jake Tapper's blogposts comparing Hillary Clinton and her candidacy to the euthanization of the racehorse Eight Belles after she'd tragically broken her two front ankles during the Kentucky Derby race: Tom Watson says: "...over at Jake More About: Comparison
U.S. Eagle Scout Meets Saudi Scouts in Camillus NY
2008-05-02 00:09:00 On Tuesday, April 22nd, the Town Shop in my village of Camillus NY hosted a group from Saudi Arabia made up of visiting Saudi Social Services/Ministry of Education workers, Saudi teachers and professors, other youth workers, and Saudi Arabian Boy Scout s. They were visiting the United States for the first time with an interest in visiting American youth organizations and meeting American youth. More About: Eagle
James Wolcott on the Progressive Blogger-Wars
2008-05-01 14:15:00 James Wolcott has a smart and entertaining story at Vanity Fair [June online edition] about the battle among the prominent lefty bloggers and the history of how these progressive bloggers have come to the scattered state they find themselves in today. I have seriously limited my own posting at Daily Kos because I do not wish to be swept up in the frenzy of Obama fever. Having written this blog More About: Progressive , Blogger , Wars , James
"quarterlife": New Web-Only Series
2007-11-27 17:43:00 There' s a buzz out in the media about "quarterlife", a new made-for-web-only series produced by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick [who produced the popular 80's television series "thirtysomething" and the film "Blood Diamond"]. "Quarterlife " is going to be unencumbered from many big network language constraints and from other content that some television networks might censor. Here are More About: Series
What Is Success In Iraq? Has Petraeus Won the War?
2007-11-21 17:48:00 In Howard Kurtz's latest column, he quotes Christopher Hitchens as saying that the American left does not want to see U.S. success in Iraq . As a citizen who leans decidedly left in the Iraq War and can go on record as firmly supporting our troops - if not their neoconservative-flavored mission - I find this kind of statement to be personally defamatory and intellectually dishonest. I'm all for More About: Success , Petraeus
NC Baptists expel Charlotte church over gays, local churches quit in protes
2007-11-14 22:25:00 Delegates to the annual meeting of the N.C. Baptist State Convention voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to expel Charlotte's Myers Park Baptist for welcoming gays and lesbians without trying to change them. [..] Six other churches out of more 4,000, including three in Charlotte, quit the Baptist State Convention to protest those rules. The six called them a violation of local autonomy. [..] The vote More About: Church , Charlotte Church , Churches , Local , Gays
Harry Taylor is Running for U.S. Congress
2007-11-07 16:39:00 Remember how Harry Taylor stood up and spoke his mind to President Bush at a town hall meeting in Charlotte, N.C. in 2006? You should read about what he's doing now. My news about Harry Taylor can be seen at Blogcritics.com. Note: The respectful look on the faces of the audience in Norman Rockwell's portrait of healthy democracy at work in our nation's town halls is not the same More About: Congress , Running
Abortion Hater Endorses Abortion Embracer
2007-11-07 16:00:00 Just when you thought you'd heard it all. The news that evangelical leader Pat Robertson will endorse the GOP candidate Rudy Giuliani, as Chris Cillizza reports this morning at The Fix, is hypocrisy at its most obvious. I guess anything goes in the name of politics .. even a religious leader's allegedly most closely-held religious values. Everything gets watered down for the sake of More About: Abortion , Hater
Active Duty Fort Drum Soldier Protests Iraq War
2007-11-05 22:58:00 I took this photo of Phil Aliff on September 29th in Syracuse, N.Y., where he was the first active duty soldier (and Iraq war vet) to publicly denounce the U.S. foreign policy in Iraq and participate in an IVAW chapter. See my post from September Excerpt from: US soldiers shy from battle in Iraq By Dahr Jamail Read entire article here WATERTOWN, New York - Iraq war veterans now More About: Iraq War , Soldier , Drum , Protests
Zogby Urges Return to Iraq Study Group Recommendations
2007-11-05 21:15:00 Dr. James Zogby, the president of the Arab American Institute in Washington, DC, believes that the war in Iraq is far from over - and may soon get worse. He says it could and should have been foreseen. All the warning signs were there. In Northern Iraq, the file of historical grievances of the Kurdish people has been opened and it won't close anytime soon. Over the past decade, Iraq's Kurds More About: Study , Iraq Study Group , Return , Group
Pakistan is a Powderkeg
More articles from this author:2007-11-04 18:07:00 This isn't the first time I've said it. Look it up on a Google Search: "PAKISTAN IS A POWDERKEG" More About: Pakistan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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