Saturday, September 13, 2014
Conyers seeks to get rid of NFL's antitrust exemption - On Congress - POLITICO.com
I don't believe the NFL should have any exemption from any law, especially now.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
The Daily Tar Heel :: Get to know four UNC startups for Sept. 9, 2014
I hope the Freedom Code initiative succeeds.
Statement 1
Home Depot seems to be stepping up to the plate on this isssue. They deserve some credit for doing so, but measured alongside of the failure to protect our records.
Monday, September 08, 2014
As Two Men Go Free, a Dogged Ex-Prosecutor Digs In - NYTimes.com
I hope something good can come out of this coverage.
Sunday, September 07, 2014
Just 13, and Working Risky 12-Hour Shifts in the Tobacco Fields - NYTimes.com
This is a terrible blemish on North Carolina - first, because we grow tobacco at all, and second, because of the way the workers are treated. Will we see a statewide politician say that we need to eliminate tobacco growing in the state? That will come just after one of them promises to reduce the number of guns in NC. We have too many of them and too much tobacco. None of either is a goal worth pursuing!
Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks - NYTimes.com
I don't get the difference between a country and a corporation (US or foreign-based) and individuals with an agenda and money to fund it.
Saturday, September 06, 2014
Cruising Attitude: 'Recliner Rebellion' Building In The Sky : NPR
I think the airlines have reached a wall of passenger resentment.
Friday, September 05, 2014
Preserving the Lighthouse, Not Just the Light - NYTimes.com
I'm one of those who loves lighthouses! (And that's a former United Coast Guard officer speaking!)
NC Men Freed After 30 Years Will Seek Pardons - ABC News
I don't understand the need for pardons and I think we the people of NC should at least double the 750,000 that each may be entitled to receive. What is the full cost of prosecution, appeals, incarceration to the State of NC and who bears responsibility, both legal and financial for this amount? Someone should.
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
Interview: Bob Shacochis, Author Of "The Woman Who Lost Her Soul" : NPR
"I consider myself a writer who writes about American expatriates. And if I have any overt cause as a writer besides writing the best prose I can, it's to try to make Americans have a more visceral feeling about how America impacts everybody in the world."
Global School In Rural Edgecombe Is 'Recipe For Success’ | WUNC
Seems pretty neat to me. I wish I had been a student there!
CVS' decision to stop selling tobacco deserves even more praise!
I hope customers and the market thank them for this.
Tuesday, September 02, 2014
Two California Judges Censured for Sex in Chambers - NYTimes.com
They ought to go to jail for abuse of public office.
DNA Clears Two Convicted In ’83 Murder - NYTimes.com
North Carolina has so much room for improvement starting with lavish compensation to these three men.
Girl's family say they're "devastated" by Uzi instructor's death - CBS News
It's too late to be smart. Putting that gun in their daughter's hands is totally inexcusable; they should be prosecuted for reckless endangerment of a minor.
Delta Airlines flight from Queens diverted over reclining seat argument - NY Daily News
Before someone gets hurt, the airlines must reconsider sardine flying. They crossed the line and need to retreat.
Monday, September 01, 2014
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Carmen Fariña: An Old-School Abuela - NYTimes.com
What a stark contrast with at least one of her predecessors! Buena!
Friday, August 29, 2014
Landrieu claims parents’ home as her own, raising questions of Louisiana residency - The Washington Post
The definition of "home" remains an amazing work in progress.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Guns in America | Facts and statistics about firearms in the USA
I think Time magazine reports this week that there are over 300,000,000 guns in America. That's 300,000,000 too many!
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Girl, 9, accidentally kills Uzi instructor. Too young for guns? - CSMonitor.com
Guns are bad for everyone. We have too many firearms in America.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
2 Are Held in Death of Mary E. Whitaker, New York Violinist - NYTimes.com
Far too many guns in America.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Judge strikes down California's 10-day wait period for gun owners - SFGate
Neanderthals is the first thought that comes to mind.
Friday, August 22, 2014
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Holder and Obama Differ in Approach to Underlying Issues of Missouri Unrest - NYTimes.com
Is there any hope of getting the President to emulate more of HOLDER? I fear not.
Alone Again, Naturally - NYTimes.com
Sadly, I agree completely...
"The Constitution was premised on a system full of factions and polarization. If you’re a fastidious pol who deigns to heal and deal only in a holistic, romantic, unified utopia, the Oval Office is the wrong job for you. The sad part is that this is an ugly, confusing and frightening time at home and abroad, and the country needs its president to illuminate and lead, not sink into some petulant expression of his aloofness, where he regards himself as a party of his own and a victim of petty, needy, bickering egomaniacs."
"The Constitution was premised on a system full of factions and polarization. If you’re a fastidious pol who deigns to heal and deal only in a holistic, romantic, unified utopia, the Oval Office is the wrong job for you. The sad part is that this is an ugly, confusing and frightening time at home and abroad, and the country needs its president to illuminate and lead, not sink into some petulant expression of his aloofness, where he regards himself as a party of his own and a victim of petty, needy, bickering egomaniacs."
ISIS Video Purports to Show Beheading of James Foley - NYTimes.com
This horrible story reminds us of many things. First, extreme sadness over the death of anyone. Quickly, tho, moving to questions of what is happening to the news media, how much this is a function of the freelance world v. established media, and if so, where do we go from here? Or is it more a reflection of ISIS? Those are very tough issues.
But there is one that deserves more mention. Why do reporters do what they do in dangerous circumstances? What comes to mind for me is what I learned before embarking on a career in the newspaper and media world. As an officer candidate in the Coast Guard, I learned something that I have always felt became my purpose for being. We Coast Guards have an obligation to do one overriding thing - our duty is "go out" to try to save someone in peril; we do not have an obligation to return.
I think a great many reporters have adopted the same mandate - they have a duty to "go out" to cover these stories; they do not have an obligation to return.
But there is one that deserves more mention. Why do reporters do what they do in dangerous circumstances? What comes to mind for me is what I learned before embarking on a career in the newspaper and media world. As an officer candidate in the Coast Guard, I learned something that I have always felt became my purpose for being. We Coast Guards have an obligation to do one overriding thing - our duty is "go out" to try to save someone in peril; we do not have an obligation to return.
I think a great many reporters have adopted the same mandate - they have a duty to "go out" to cover these stories; they do not have an obligation to return.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
Passing of Dr. Walter R. Roberts, Public Diplomat | Take Five
Very sad. One of my favorite professors at Brown in the 60s.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Gov. McCrory addresses Duke Energy stock controversy | www.wsoctv.com
This is outrageous. He should be penalized to the full extent of the law.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Israel Can't Afford to Lose Jews Like Me | David Schanzer
Israel, quite simply, is not worth most of the attention that it receives. Too much wasted time on the part of far too many people here in the US - either those who are Jewish or those who want Jewish votes.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Monday, August 11, 2014
OECD Better Life Index
Interesting.... My response:
"Personal fulfillment that helps other people in a comfortable people-focused environment."
"Personal fulfillment that helps other people in a comfortable people-focused environment."
Thursday, August 07, 2014
Tuesday, August 05, 2014
Monday, August 04, 2014
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Judge Overturns D.C. Ban on Guns in Public - NYTimes.com
The judge may have ruled correctly on the law, but the policy behind it stinks.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Christian Estrosi martèle son "soutien" (controversé) à Israël | Nice | Nice-Matin
I surely side with the critics. The mayor is out of control.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Friday, July 18, 2014
Monday, July 14, 2014
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Thursday, July 10, 2014
États-Unis. Au Texas, une fusillade fait six morts, dont quatre enfants
We have too many guns in the US.
Border crisis: Obama’s request to Congress can’t be dismissed - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Whatever the law is, we have to enforce it until or unless the law is changed.
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
Google CEO: Fight Unemployment With Job Sharing - InformationWeek
This sure makes a lot of sense to me.
Tuesday, July 08, 2014
Friday, July 04, 2014
Hillary Clinton defends $200G speaking fee for colleges: it goes to charity - NY Daily News
As much as I like her, I don't buy this at all. Try again.
Thursday, July 03, 2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
A Thin Rationale for Drone Killings - NYTimes.com
I continue to have a really big problem with this.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Friday, June 20, 2014
Thursday, June 19, 2014
La Libye dénonce la capture par les USA d'un suspect de Benghazi - Challenges
We cannot roam about the world grabbing people here and there just because there is political pressure to do so, or because they are accused of doing something awful. I'm sorry, that's not the country I signed up to support!
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
A Helicopter of One’s Own - NYTimes.com
As I made my way around Nice yesterday, by foot and bus, I was thinking about the people closest to me on the bus, and watching people and vehicles I passed on the street, and thinking about the shiny new rails for the second line of our tram system here. That, combined with this story and another a couple of days ago about the first school program showing how drones work got me thinking about whether we are headed in Nice toward a point where for the second time in 75 years, we'll abandon rails and opt for wheels. In Nice, we have thousands of rent-by-the-day-or-hour bicycles and dozens of electric cars and trucks available on the same basis. We have ferries that go from here to Corsica with cars, trucks, bikes, people and more.
Might we be headed toward a point where we all strap on a vehicle in the way that I strap on a backpack today. On some occasions, we and our vehicle might move by ferry, we might be assembled like an autotrain car and pulled by something on some sort of mechanism, perhaps more electromagnetic than hard iron rail. And as we move around town, perhaps we will all have to behave like we did as kids at a bumper car ride where we make our way, propelled, and getting everywhere more efficiently. I could imagine doing what I did yesterday outside my home - attending a lecture, buying the newspaper and working out at the gym - all in such a manner, and have been able to spend more time at the gym in the course of all that!
Might we be headed toward a point where we all strap on a vehicle in the way that I strap on a backpack today. On some occasions, we and our vehicle might move by ferry, we might be assembled like an autotrain car and pulled by something on some sort of mechanism, perhaps more electromagnetic than hard iron rail. And as we move around town, perhaps we will all have to behave like we did as kids at a bumper car ride where we make our way, propelled, and getting everywhere more efficiently. I could imagine doing what I did yesterday outside my home - attending a lecture, buying the newspaper and working out at the gym - all in such a manner, and have been able to spend more time at the gym in the course of all that!
Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn dead at 54 - NY Daily News
I don't know how anyone can sleep soundly in North Carolina knowing the millions of people around the world whose lives are ending far too soon because of the tobacco grown today in NC.
Monday, June 16, 2014
SCOTUS: You can’t buy a gun for someone else and lie about it to the gun dealer | Death and Taxes
Anything that makes it tougher to buy a gun is a good thing.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Bergdahl Critics Didn’t Howl When Bush Freed Prisoners - NYTimes.com
Republicans generally are becoming thoroughly unlikable and loathesome people. I wish them no ill-will, but I would prefer that they take their hatred to some other place - perhaps some other country.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
2,000 Americans wait to discover truth of their Irish adoptions - IrishCentral.com
I sure agree with the final sentence.
The Trucking Industry Wants to Weaken Safety Rules - NYTimes.com
We each have a huge personal responsibility not to be behind the wheel if we are tired or just feeling like we might nod-off.
Friday, June 13, 2014
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Security and Enthusiasm Clash in Theater of the Absurd - NYTimes.com
Surely, smart people can correct this awful judgment on the part of the Shubert Organization.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Oregon Shooting Draws Obama’s Outrage on Gun Laws - NYTimes.com
Once again, the frustration and outrage ought to be directed at reducing the number of guns in America. It is inconceivable to me that if we got rid of 50% of the guns in the US that lives would not be saved. For me, no matter how many it is - or even if I am wrong - it's a chance worth taking.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Why not?
Imagine if the Israelis and the Palestinians agreed that religion would not drive their move toward peace. There could be one country of Palreal or RealPal (nice name, no?) in which all religions would be protected and rights honored. There would be no arbitrary lines for settlements, no walls, and no division, just one country, democratic, governed by those elected freely and fairly. Is anyone pushing this solution?
Monday, June 09, 2014
China Flattens Hundreds of Mountains for New Cities : Discovery News
How do the rest of us ever really come to grips with the magnitude of this?
Sunday, June 08, 2014
Haiti Elections in Doubt as Ex-Presidents Stir Pot - NYTimes.com
I wonder if a similar picture of laundry being delivered to a home in Scarsdale or Larchmont, NY, would label the area a "rich enclave" instead of a "slum". Why use "slum"? Many people there, as elsewhere are very proud of where they live; most aspire to something more, but why not degrade the "filthy rich" as much as the "poor" if some word other than "community" is needed?
Friday, June 06, 2014
The Rush to Demonize Sgt. Bergdahl - NYTimes.com
I would have added something about presumption of innocence, even in the military.
Cancer de la peau : 5 coups de soleil suffisent à augmenter les risques - Sciences - MYTF1News
Bad news for people like me.
Thursday, June 05, 2014
Irlande. 800 bébés enterrés dans une fosse - Monde - Le Télégramme
I hold the bishop in very high regard ans as for those responsible for these apparent atrocities, may God have mercy on their souls.
Senators Show Frustration After Briefing on Ex-P.O.W. - NYTimes.com
This whole matter shows our worst side(s) on two fronts. First, it reinforces what I believe is the wholly anti-American view that as long as we do it on an island, it's ok to hold people in preventive detention permanently. Second, it demonstrates that few choose to wait for a legal process and perhaps a court of law to determine guilt or innocence; most want to jump the gun, so to speak, and render judgment. The two together undermine the very foundation of our system of justice.
N.R.A. Backs Away From Article Criticizing Advocates of Carrying Guns in Public - NYTimes.com
God forbid there be some rational discussions within the NRA! Why am I not surprised to see them stepping back from this article?
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Tuesday, June 03, 2014
Monday, June 02, 2014
Sunday, June 01, 2014
After Deadly Rampage, Sheriff’s Office Faces Concerns About Conduct - NYTimes.com
There are simply too many guns.
A Past Not Past - NYTimes.com
DOWD writes as though the island was a united Ireland. We are all left to wonder what that might have been.
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