A delightful story: Marilee Jones
Saturday, April 28th, 2007 Posted in Current Events | 1 Comment »Marilee Jones, the former Dean of Admissions at MIT, could not have been a more perfect embodiment of her own beliefs. Disregarding all the judgment that has been passed on her old decision to lie about her credentials, you have ...
Syrian Opposition Wins in Landslide Parliamentary Elections
Thursday, April 26th, 2007 Posted in Current Events | No Comments »Just kidding. However, the Syrian President, elected in his own right in a similar landslide, did praise the institution which reflected the will of the people--especially his own--and would lead Syria to a promising future. He added that few other ...
The IDF doesn’t shoot nobel peace laurates
Friday, April 20th, 2007 Posted in Current Events | No Comments »From here: Noble Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan was treated for injury in leg sustained by rubber bullet Nobel Peace Prize Mairead Corrigan has been injured during confrontations between security forces and left-wing activists protesting the security fence route near Bilin, activists ...
Dictators in the news
Sunday, December 31st, 2006 Posted in Current Events | 5 Comments »Why is it that the media has been referring to "Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein," but never says "Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak," "Saudi dictator King Abdullah," or "Jordanian dictator King Abdullah II?" From Google News: * Results 1 - 10 of about 1,130 ...
Selective democracy
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006 Posted in Current Events | No Comments »Why is it that when the Shia protest it is called a coup, but when the Sunnis do it it is called a "Cedar Revolution?" I do not think I have given due credit in the past to the impact ...
