Pay It Forward Day

This is such a great concept; why am I only learning of the day today?

Clinton Foundation addresses disclosure of $31M Canadian donation, re-filing IRS revenue forms | Fox News

I am not impressed.

NY Times Magazine - The New York Times

This is wonderful!

Has the N.R.A. Won? - NYTimes.com

Distressing and depressing.

Simple Rules for Healthy Eating http://nyti.ms/1FZMGxt

- 29 mai 1942 : Le port obligatoire de l'étoile jaune - Le Monde en Guerre - Seconde Guerre mondiale

Amazing.

Spain: Couple Accused of Links to ISIS http://nyti.ms/1yFQ6IK

Google’s Steely Foe in Europe http://nyti.ms/1be1GjA

Lawsuit in Spain Seeks Recognition of Another Dalí Creation: A Daughter http://nyti.ms/1JgcS9R

Greece Flashes Warning Signals About Its Debt http://nyti.ms/1IZQmW5

Survivor: Smugglers locked hundreds in hold of capsized boat http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=8OOlP3lX (from @AP)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-v-micallef/the-mediterranean-refugee_b_7083198.html

The Latest: Migrant survivor says 950 aboard capsized boat http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268743/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=tnMfMVNt (from @AP)

Turkish Cypriot leadership election to go into 2nd round http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268743/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=lReHqRu5 (from @AP)

Almonds get roasted in debate over California water use http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=7NMlc7OU (from @AP)

Hillary Clinton vows to work for 'everyday Americans,' perhaps 'hardworking Americans,' too - CSMonitor.com

I think we should press her and others to define what they mean by this? Who is not an everyday American in the US?

Turning to Big, Big Data to See What Ails the World - NYTimes.com

Important stuff.

Skin

I was struck the other day by a commercial for facial cosmetics from one of the big companies in that field. It was fashion-focused, of course, but what really impressed me was the palate of colors that they showed covering almost shade of face color. What that got me thinking was how we could show that spectrum more often so as to emphasize that the only difference between and among all of us is a choice of pigments. It just seems like a really interesting opportunity to spread out colors not just as different faces, but on a continuum demonstrating just how close we all are?

Are Chapel Hill Gun Owners Buying More Guns? | WUNC

There are too many guns everywhere in the US. Why doesn't this report include statistics, in addition to opinion, about Chapel Hill and Orange County? Just a lazy reporting job?

Turning Clutter Into Joy - NYTimes.com

Great stuff!

Why my photo from Guinea sparked a soccer star's search for one boy | Public Radio International

Nice, need so many more actions like this.

New PSA Campaign — National Crime Prevention Council

Far better would be...

Turn it in!

Un restaurant tropézien parmi les 20 meilleurs du monde | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Hmm.

Baptist Pastor: Religious Liberty Law Permits Denial Of Some Services : NPR

A really good example of the point I just made.

What's Changed Since The First Religious Liberty Law Was Passed In 1993? : NPR

Not enough discussion about how we have drawn lines between public and private spaces, those lines change and we have carved out, as a country, an area of publicly conducted activities where limitations and on rights is part of the process. We would be better served to approach this from that perspective.

More African-Americans Support Carrying Legal Guns For Self-Defense : NPR

That's discouraging.