This is hilarious. Gail Collins is one of my heroes.

First, Gail: Donald Trump Gets Weirder

Second, Donald: Donald Trump Responds

Third, Gail: Donald Trump Strikes Back

Boy did she make me laugh out loud, and what a panacea to the idiocy that is Donald Trump!

Very good profile of Rachel Maddow in The Guardian out of the U.K.

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.

Sign the petition. This will end up at the Supreme Court.

Sidenote: Ken Starr is one of those humans that challenges my notions of Buddhism and forgiveness and makes me wish I believed in Purgatory.

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Well, it's the most significant inauguration of my life thus far, and I'm watching it on t.v. while I edit a few articles. Very much want to watch the event-- getting rid of the worst president ever, and hopefully bringing in one of the best -- however, I'm glad I'm not there. I like the perspective it gives me to experience the transition at a ( Read more... )

MIT's Guru of Low-Tech Engineering Fixes the World on $2 a Day
From impoverished Peruvian villages to MIT's D-Lab, professor Amy Smith and her spirited team of engineers are on a mission: Fight global poverty and improve living standards for developing countries-one low-cost, accessible invention at a time. August 2008, Compone, Peru

When ( Read more... )

As have many, I've already posted about my disappointment in the passage of Prop 8 in California, but also dismaying was the defeat of Amendment 1 in Florida.

Had it passed, the initiative, known as Amendment No. 1, would have removed from the state’s Constitution language adopted in 1926 allowing the Legislature to prohibit foreigners who were ( Read more... )

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As (a strategist) put it in an interview: If a house is on fire, the owner does not care what color the fireman is.

Complete article: Near-Flawless Run Is Credited in VictoryBy ADAM NAGOURNEY, JIM RUTENBERG and JEFF ZELENY ( Read more... )

Well here they've put a lot of press into the U.S. elections (of course). Folks seem to believe as many U.S. Americans do, that our president-elect signals a positive change for the United States and abroad, including Latin America:

“América Latina no ha estado en la agenda de Estados Unidos en las últimas dos décadas, salvo el tema migratorio y ( Read more... )

Lloyd C. Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, received bonus and stock awards worth about $68.5 million last year, while Goldman’s co-presidents got just slightly less.

And McCain thinks guys with bonuses like these (we're not even talking about salaries) should get tax cuts.

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