I read on my Twitter feed that Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle is offering an embed code now for bloggers to post his cartoons. Sadly for our readers the code won’t work here because the cartoons cannot be resized and they are too big for our post column. You can check out the latest from Cagle and other political cartoonists here. Sphere: Related Content
Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Dalai Lama Stresses Ethics and Values at MIT
Last week, I drove down to Massachusetts so that I could attend the inaugural event at MIT’s Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values. My interest in attending the event was two fold: First – To hear the Dalai Lama speak because I feel he is one of the great spiritual leaders of our times. Second – Because I feel strongly about the objective and mission of the Center, which is to “inspire a new generation of 21st century leaders with compassionate responsibility...
NY Times to Close Boston Globe
Howard Kurtz reports in the WaPo today that the NY Times is moving forward with their plans to shutter the Boston Globe: The New York Times Co. said last night that it is notifying federal authorities of its plans to shut down the Boston Globe, raising the possibility that New England’s most storied newspaper could cease to exist within weeks. After down-to-the-wire negotiations did not produce millions of dollars in union concessions, the Times Co. said that it will...
Hillary Settles Into New Role
The NY Times has an interesting read about Hillary Clinton’s first 100 days as Secretary of State: For Mrs. Clinton, the biggest challenge has been mental: absorbing a mountain of information on issues ranging from the Middle East to the race for fossil fuels in the Arctic Circle. At 11 p.m. last Saturday, after 13 hours of meetings in Baghdad, Mrs. Clinton’s aides dozed on the military transport plane flying back to Kuwait. She sat alone at the front of the...
Did Condoleezza Rice cut history class in college?
Condoleezza Rice “would make a great middle school social studies teacher,” according to the late Don Askew, a retired Green Beret colonel and Middle East advisor to Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. “Incompetent” was about the kindest thing I ever heard him say about Rice and her boss over the mess they made in Iraq. My guess is Askew, who was also a Pentagon planner for Operation Desert Storm, would be even less charitable toward the now ex-secretary...
Back Online Tonight
Greetings Readers… Just a quick note… The Dalai Lama was awesome, I’ll have a full piece here tomorrow about it and I’ll be back online tonight with the latest in the news. Sphere: Related Content
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