US peace envoy back in Belfast, faces hard sell - Houston Chronicle

He strikes me as an odd choice for this role.

Lab in Richmond Animates Comprehensive 1932 U.S. Atlas - NYTimes.com

I look forward to looking at this!

Bypassing Fear and Embracing Networking - NYTimes.com

Worth noting.

How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

Amazing - this put me within 30 miles of my home town!

Legacy of a Crash, Unfinished Houses Haunt Ireland - NYTimes.com

Sadly, County Cavan where my grandfather was born, is at the heart of this.

Inside the Power of the N.R.A. - NYTimes.com

Such a heinous organization.

Tackling a Racial Gap in Breast Cancer Survival - NYTimes.com

How to SOLVE this problem in NC? What stands in our way?

Bloomberg Focuses on Rest (as in Rest of the World) - NYTimes.com

This ought to be really interesting.

Protests Aim at One Man Who Moved North Carolina to the Right - NYTimes.com

This is much more complicated than on first appearance, it seems to me.

Tobacco Firms’ Tactics Limit Poorer Nations’ Smoking Laws - NYTimes.com

To the shame of North Carolina.

BEFORE THEY PASS AWAY

BBC story on this today - 10,000 USD book caught my attention plus photographer's comments that the more primitive the place he visited, the better he was treated.

NC Groups Sue State Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Private School Vouchers | WUNC

Anything that in any way detracts from public schools - using state support in any fashion - is a bad idea.

Gun Country - The New York Times

Mark me as "revile".

Daily chart: United States of Amoeba | The Economist

A very powerful graphic

The Case for Filth - NYTimes.com

I suspect that this will start a conversation or two!

For Some Folks, Life Is a Hill - NYTimes.com

I especially like this one.

The Quest to Belong - NYTimes.com

He is so convincing and so right.

Senator HAGAN

I listened to her speak today in Raleigh. Among other things, she said her four favorite words are "Made in North Carolina". Well, that may be, but I have a lot of problems with that at least as the idea is presented today. What a hodgepodge of stuff we produce! Look around any store selling anything and point out the NC products. Try it; it's depressing. Are we really proud of all this? I think we are the second biggest growers of turkeys, but I've never noticed an NC label on any bird for sale. Why? But what really got me upset was her saying that in negotiations on a Pacific Rim trade zone, she is fighting to be sure that North Carolina tobacco farmers are not injured by any agreement. How can we possibly square helping the rest of the world when we are sending them a product "Made in North Carolina" that makes people addicts and stands a pretty good chance of killing them?

Fighting Hearing Loss From the Crowd's Roar - NYTimes.com

There is no excuse for allowing this to happen.

The Art Of Letter-Writing Isn't Lost On These Scribblers : NPR

Wonderful. Keep it up!