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Robert Scoble, who blogs for Microsoft, has been blogging about his mother recently dying from a stroke, and how that’s changed him. In addition to being a superb post, he touches on the unfortunate amount of hostility sometimes found in blog comments. I’m glad I went through this personal time after my mom’s stroke. It [...] Joe Hartley emails: “You may want to take a look at the NY Review of Books this week. It has an interesting article by Michael Massing on the controversy that has arisen as a result of the Mearshimer-Walt article challenging the Israeli lobby. Look in particular who AIPAC contributes to, and you may understand why [...] Statement by the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) on the current violence in Timor-Leste We have watched the unfolding situation in Timor-Leste this past week with deep concern. We do not believe that events had to escalate to this point. Like others, we do not have complete information about the current situation and [...] Global warming may lead to more, and nastier, poison ivy And hello Panda Platinum Internet Security Suite. This intelligent, unintrusive security suite does it all easily and quickly, and without popping up endless, pointless alerts or being a resource hog. What a pleasant change. Full details on my tech blog. Lance Cpl. Roel Ryan Briones says he is tormented by two memories of Nov. 19, 2005, in Haditha, Iraq. The first is of the body of his best friend and fellow Marine blown apart just after dawn by a roadside bomb. The second is of the lifeless form of a small Iraqi girl, one of [...] Witnesses said American soldiers fired on Afghans throwing stones at them after the crash, though the United States military said only that warning shots had been fired in the air. … It became clear the American military and the Afghan police and army had used their weapons to try to disperse the crowds. Scores of [...] When cities hire firms to run utilities, they seek quality at lower cost. They may get ethics scandals, violations and irate consumers. In some places, private-sector management helped trim bureaucracies and replace decaying infrastructure, local officials say. But in Indianapolis, New Orleans, Atlanta and other cities, privatization has been accompanied by corruption scandals, environmental violations [...] U.S. policy was to shoot Korean refugees More than a half-century after hostilities ended in Korea, a document from the war’s chaotic early days has come to light  a letter from the U.S. ambassador to Seoul, informing the State Department that American soldiers would shoot refugees approaching their lines. The letter  dated the [...] |  | ||||
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