At the Rootscamp conference in DC last weekend, I got a shirt that says "". Alas, the shirt was made in Haiti.

I have now graduated from the University of Chicago. Tomorrow I am flying to Albuquerque, NM, to be a political hack for Barack Obama ( Read more... )

Not exactly a tough call: Obama, Clinton, Edwards, Richardson, in that order. If Richardson gets less than 5%, I expect him to drop out, and at some point endorse Obama, as will Dodd and Biden. Both Clinton and Edwards will stay in, at least until South Carolina for Edwards, and Feb. 5 for Clinton ( Read more... )

But why not try again? In Iowa tonight, supporters of candidates declared non-viable will help Obama take the most delegates. Clinton will come in second, followed by Edwards, Richardson, Biden, and Dodd, in that order ( Read more... )

On Monday, the Vatican inaugurated its latest venture: a low-cost charter airline to ferry thousands of Catholic pilgrims from Italy to popular religious sites around the world ( Read more... )

http://picasaweb.google.com/iemaild/Europe2007

Today I, an American, flew on a British airline from Rome, Italy, to Basel/Mulhouse, in Switzerland and France, in order to get to Freiburg, Germany.

The airplane was quadrolingual: German, French, Italian, and English, although not always in that order.

Needless to say, I survived, and I am now in Freiburg, and will be so, for the next two

My cat, for whom this journal is named, who is the picture for my user icon, and who was a gift for my eighth birthday, died today, on my 21st birthday.

On the plus side, I'm in Athens, have been drinking for the past nine days, and I am going tomorrow to see Berlin and Andrew Hamilton.

Update in Isaac's Life:

He's in Europe all summer. Email him at iepstein at uchicago.edu

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