Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog. Everybody should read Tony Karon’s blog, Rootless Cosmopolitan , as a general rule. But I want to point out one item: “Converted to Catholicism, ‘e did. And now he’s out to save the world . The problem with the idea of a global conversation between Muslims and Christians refereed by Tony Blair? Two words: Tony Blair. The very idea that the co-author of the Iraq war; the man currently tasked with implementing a...
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Book Review – The Wisdom of Whores
Elizabeth Pisani’s The Wisdom of Whores – Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS is a great book (along with a great website ). Elizabeth Pisani is an epidemiologist with years of experience working on HIV/AIDS (or sex and drugs, as she puts, which sounds a lot, well, sexier) at a variety of agencies, including UNAIDS. The book is the story of her frustrations at the way the international community, national governments, NGOS and AIDS activists have dealt with...
Elizabeth Edwards to Have Obama’s Ear
Barack Obama’s healthcare plan maybe looking better in the future to those voters who preferred the plans of Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. The Boston Globe reports: Barack Obama announced in his economy speech today that Elizabeth Edwards will work with him on healthcare policy — the issue that is the cause of her life and on which she preferred Hillary Clinton. While her husband John Edwards gave Obama a high-profile endorsement, Elizabeth Edwards had stayed neutral, all the...
She Touched a Lot of People
There’s a piece in today’s WaPo about the impact Hillary Clinton’s candidacy had on many people: ‘She Touched a Lot of People.’ The story echoes what many Clinton supporters have felt about being involved in her campaign: Five family members gathered last Thursday afternoon in their living room, shades drawn, to remember. They sat in big, cushioned chairs and shared stories to fight their sadness. There was the time Hillary asked them for money, and they cobbled together about...
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
It’s back to business in the Dizzy household. There’s no better way to start a Monday than the usual Ten Post Round-Up. 1: And you thought you had some bad days at work!… Air Force officials fired over bad nuke etiquette–236-News 2: Talk about your slippery slopes!… Anti-gay ballot initiative in California could ban all marriages, straight ones included–AMERICAblog 3: Ned Flanders would think this was just “Oakily-Doakily”!… Onward Christian license plates?–Bring It On! 4: If it’s a general...
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