Friday, April 13, 2007WOLFOWITZ WOES AT THE WORLD BANKPaul Wolfowitz, a major architect of the Iraq war, card carrying neo-con, protegé of Dick Cheney, and sycophant to GW Bush was appointed president of the World Bank by that very same GW Bush in 2005 when Paul's position as deputy secretary of defense became too hot to handle. After less than two... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 3:57 PM Comments (8) (link) Thursday, April 12, 2007IN DEFENSE OF DON IMUSI have never listened to Don Imus's radio program "Imus in the Morning", but over the weekend as I spent time in 4 airports, I got more than my share of two "news" stories that tell us little about the news but plenty about American culture. When it wasn't the face of Anna Nicole Smith and her baby... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:28 AM Comments (8) (link) Friday, April 6, 2007THE BEAST RETURNSWho among us has not been touched by cancer? It seems to be one of those things that is so intimately a part of being human that it is everywhere, all the time. In order to function, we need to either ignore it's presence (the elephant in the room analogy) or we live in fear of getting it and our... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:21 AM Comments (20) (link) Tuesday, April 3, 2007THE TIDE TURNS ON CLIMATE CHANGEPardon the pun for such a serious subject, but the headlines in today's Boston Globe and NYTimes announce the first real push back against the Bush administration's attempt to eviscerate the Environmental Protection Agency and their total denial of the reality of global climate change. I also... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:15 AM Comments (9) (link) Sunday, April 1, 2007WAM! Women, Action and the Media: A conference for women, by womenSome women are born liberated. I am one of them. While I acknowledge that the world is full of repressed and victimized people and that women have struggled and continue to struggle against inequities in society that effect the poor and disenfranchised all over the globe, I have never identified... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:20 AM Comments (0) (link) |
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