Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
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 [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
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 [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
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 [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
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 [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
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 [...]
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