and CNN….. Commentary: LBJ, King opened door for Obama’s election Johnson: I pray Americans will support Obama’s work to solve our problems By Luci Baines Johnson Special to CNN Editor’s Note: Luci Baines Johnson is the younger daughter of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. She is chairman of LBJ Asset [...]
NEW YORK TIMES November 24, 2008 EDITORIAL The Rutgers Mess Rutgers, the biggest and most important public university in New Jersey, has spent millions of dollars furthering its ambition to become a major football power that might otherwise have been devoted to academics. It has done so during a period of rising tuition and budgetary [...]
FROM THIS MORNING’S GLOBE AND MAIL, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A renaming opportunity? RODERICK SYME November 24, 2008 Ottawa — Re Education By Surveillance (editorial, Nov. 20): I am pleased to hear that Queen’s University in Kingston is taking action to stop discriminatory comments about gays. I look forward to learning the new name chosen [...]
WHAT WOULD YOU DO ABOUT THIS SITUATION? AN INTERESTING AND TROUBLING CASE STUDY THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT HOW HIGH SCHOOL SPORT IS NOW BECOMING MORE AND MORE PROFESSIONAL IN SCOPE…… FROM THE SF CHRONICLE AND MATTHEW STANNARD High school football playoffs halted by judge Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, November 24, 2008 [...]
I WROTE ABOUJT THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH REGARD TO KINGSTON’S HOSPITALS. WE NEED A CREDO OF HAND-WASHING, WHICH WILL PREVENT HAND-RINGING….. IN ENGLAND, THE SAME DAMN THING. IF YOU GO TO A HOSPITAL, YOU SHOULD DEMAND THAT EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS YOU WASHES HANDS. AND YOU SHOULD WASH TOO. TWICE, AND WHEN YOU [...]
FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST, COURTESY OF PROFS RUSS MAULITZ AND JACKIE DUFFIN…… Andy Borowitz: Obama’s Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy Huffington Post, November 18, 2008 In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, [...]
CNN blogathon November 23, 2008 Forbes: Paulson is ‘worst’ treasury secretary in modern times From CNN’s Peter Lanier Steve Forbes says he doesn’t have confidence in Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Forbes magazine President and CEO Steve Forbes called Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson “the worst treasury secretary we’ve had in modern times”, citing, [...]