Nov 30 2008
According to Peter Baker of The New York Times, the bitter feud between President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton will officially come to an end tomorrow when he formally announces his selection of her as his new secretary of state.
“Mrs. Clinton, once considered the Democratic frontrunner for president, is flying to Chicago Continue Reading »
Nov 29 2008
The Mumbai siege is finally over! Now let the accusations begin!
As if tensions weren’t already high enough between longtime enemies India and Pakistan, the BBC now reports that allegations of terrorist links by the former country against the latter are brewing up a situation that could prove to be the spark that Continue Reading »
Nov 28 2008
After nearly 60 hours, dozens of killings and the destruction of many high-profile buildings, the “Battle of Mumbai” is finally coming to a close.
According to Somini Sengupta and Keith Bradsher of the New York Times, the Indian media has reported that the last remaining Muslim terrorists who carried out a wave of attacks in the heart of the nation’s Continue Reading »
Nov 27 2008
If you thought things couldn’t get worse in Mumbai, well…they’re worse.
According to Fox News, black-clad commandos and sharpshooters from India’s security forces conducted an assault earlier today on a Jewish center in the city in an effort to smoke out Islamic militants encamped inside the five-story building with possible hostages.
This episode is only the latest Continue Reading »
Nov 26 2008
According to the New York Times, horrific terrorist attacks rocked the city of Mumbai earlier today. Using machine-guns and grenades, the perpetrators targeted a movie theater, the city’s largest train station, several five-star hotels, and even a hospital. Mumbai is India’s center for commerce.
“Even by the standards of terrorism Continue Reading »
Nov 25 2008
According to The New York Times, a 31-year-old Florida law that prohibits homosexual couples from adopting children was ruled unconstitutional today by a judge in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
“The best interests of children are not preserved by prohibiting homosexual adoption,” Cindy S. Lederman, the judge who issued the ruling, said in a 53-page decision. In her opinion, “the law violated Continue Reading »
Nov 24 2008
“Pardon me, Mr. President.”
If you’re a criminal or on your way to being declared one (That’s right, I’m talking to you, Mr. Libby!), you’d better get your application for a presidential pardon to the White House, pronto. Mr. Bush will be leaving office in less than two months and unlike his predecessor, he doesn’t give these things out like candy. Call him Continue Reading »
Nov 23 2008
Barack Obama may have endured all manner of attacks from Republicans during his successful run for the presidency, but he wants to show the opposition that he is putting the past behind him in order to foster a spirit of bipartisanship.
Jeff Zeleny of the New York Times writes that, “In the third week of his transition to power, President-elect Barack Obama is working Continue Reading »
Nov 23 2008
I was saddened to hear on Election Night that Republican congressman Christopher Shays of Connecticut was defeated for re-election by Democratic challenger Jim Hines, who won by a mere three percent of the vote (51 percent to 48 percent). Shays, who has represented the Constitution State’s Fourth District since 1987, barely survived the electoral bloodbath of 2006, when the Democrats Continue Reading »
Nov 21 2008
My experience as an aid worker in Afghanistan with the Afghanistan Dental Relief Project was the result of a fortuitous accident in my life. It all began in April 2007 when I was turned down for service in the U.S. Peace Corps based on my diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome. It should probably be noted here that I am also legally blind Continue Reading »
