I've received a couple of posting requests by email: A member of the Pittsburgh community, fourteen-year-old Amy Katz, is fighting leukemia. Amy's Army exists to find a bone marrow donor for Amy, and in the process help others to find their matches. This Mother's Day, Join the National Marrow Donor Program's Thanks Mom Marrow Donor Drive. Join free for a limited time. … [Read more...] about Some Ways to Help Others
Texas Sacrifices Its Daughters
The Texas Legislature doesn't want to protect young (read non-voting), female Texans and Gov. Perry won't force the issue. … [Read more...] about Texas Sacrifices Its Daughters
The New Color of Diversity Leaders
Corporations are increasingly turning to White men to be the point men on diversity projects. … [Read more...] about The New Color of Diversity Leaders
The Event – Chapter 18
Chapter 18 of The Event Has Been Posted. … [Read more...] about The Event – Chapter 18
Iraq Plan B
Sandy Huffaker, Cagle Cartoons … [Read more...] about Iraq Plan B
Tub Toys Aid Scientists
Science in the News Weekly: Tub Toys Lost Overboard Help Oceanographers Track Ocean Currents It seems unlikely that rubber ducks designed for bathtub play would be of much use to researchers. Yet scientists who study ocean currents were delighted at what happened when a freighter lost thousands of tub toys overboard during a storm in the Pacific. An article in Science News … [Read more...] about Tub Toys Aid Scientists
Vive La France!
Four interesting articles about France / the French elections: 1- Ditch the Accordion by Jules Crittenden, for Pajamas Media. 2- French Elections: Clash of civilizations. 3- France Warns of Multi-Polar Future by Richard Buchanan, and 4- The Only Good Cowboy is a French Cowboy by Jules Crittenden, at Forward Movement. … [Read more...] about Vive La France!
‘Soaring Child Mortality In Iraq’: But Who Cares?
(Photo courtesy care2.com) "Infant mortality in Iraq soars as young pay the price for war," writes Andrew Buncombe in The Independent. "Two wars and a decade of sanctions have led to a huge rise in the mortality rate among young children in Iraq, leaving statistics that were once the envy of the Arab world now comparable with those of sub-Saharan Africa. "A new report … [Read more...] about ‘Soaring Child Mortality In Iraq’: But Who Cares?
Are These Terrorists the Real Deal?
PAINTBALL JIHADIST? Maybe it’s just me, but there seems to be considerably more caution in the blogosphere today over the announcement that the feds have arrested six men who were planning to attack soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, than breathless reports yesterday that an explosion in a Las Vegas parking garage was a terrorist attack. That is well and good, because … [Read more...] about Are These Terrorists the Real Deal?
Center of Attention
A round up of recent reporting and commentary by a few centrist, moderate, and independent bloggers. Jeff Jarvis continues to examine old media that attempt to block new media, at their own risk. (Jeff would probably appreciate one of the panelists at a workshop I attended yesterday. That panelist said, perhaps not originally, that the NYT is no longer the nation's paper … [Read more...] about Center of Attention
President Bush & British Queen: Did He Do It?
Did President George W. Bush wink at Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, and did she, in return, frown at him? "That's what happened yesterday after George Bush mangled his greeting to the Queen on her state visit to the U.S.," reports The Daily Mail. "Stumbling over his words, he came perilously close to suggesting that the monarch had toured the States in … [Read more...] about President Bush & British Queen: Did He Do It?
Well There You Go Again and Again and Again
Northern Ireland: A New Beginning at Last?
Ian Paisley speaks as Northern Ireland power-sharing re-commenced The news that once bitter foes joined ranks today as Northern Ireland re-established power sharing should be a cause for celebration at a time when sectarian conflicts, most notably in Palestine and Iraq, seem to be without end. But this watershed event in Belfast leaves this (half) Irishman feeling . . . … [Read more...] about Northern Ireland: A New Beginning at Last?
Women Power in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India (…and USA?)
India's neighbourhood has been witnessing quite a bit of turmoil in the recent past. Bangladesh and Pakistan are two rare Islamic countries where women politicians are in the forefront, and some now even taking extraordinary risks to return to power. A defiant Sheikh Hasina, former prime minister of Bangladesh, arrived in the capital, Dhaka, on Monday after the government … [Read more...] about Women Power in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India (…and USA?)
Concert Review: American Symphony Orchestra
"Under the Great Wave" Hokusai Katsushika (c. 1829) Leon Botstein is a very busy man. When not writing about music or editing books and teaching, he runs Bard College (and has since 1975 when he was elected its president at age 29), as well as recording internationally, conducting the American Symphony Orchestra and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. He also is brilliantly … [Read more...] about Concert Review: American Symphony Orchestra
The Queen: Might She Have Stayed Home and They Talked by Phone?
It would appear that the Queen is far more savvy or has a very savvy behind the scenes manager or manageress: The BBC reports that The Queen's tour of the United States "is the Queen's first carbon-offset state visit, where a donation is made to an environmental charity to offset the plane journeys made by the royal party." This seems such a contrast to the recent City of … [Read more...] about The Queen: Might She Have Stayed Home and They Talked by Phone?
Vintage Tenet-
RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch … [Read more...] about Vintage Tenet-
Note To Readers
Yours truly will be on the east coast visiting a sick relative by the time this is posted (on a timer). My own posts may be a bit sparse this week due to posting problems. Cagle Cartoons, etc. may be a bit delayed. But there WILL be posts ...and of course our independent minded co-bloggers will have a lot to say. So stay tuned! … [Read more...] about Note To Readers
Quote for the Evening
"'Do you trust white people?' You do not and you know that you do not, much as you want to; yet you rise and lie and say you do; you must say it for her salvation and the world's; you repeat that she must trust them, that most white folks are honest, and all the while you are lying and every level, silent eye there knows you are lying, and miserably you sit and lie on, to the … [Read more...] about Quote for the Evening
Proposed Table Grace for The Queen’s White Tie Dinner at the White House…
In a time of war, of such loss of life of the young, or no end in sight, to see dignitaries bowing and laughing and joking, surely a long, serious table grace is called for. SEED CORN SHALL NOT BE GROUND Seed corn: The best qualities of each green living thing, kept for seed so the next generation on earth will flower. I first worked at the VA as an aide and I saw … [Read more...] about Proposed Table Grace for The Queen’s White Tie Dinner at the White House…