Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I, for one, am feeling quite cozy and stuffed. Among the many things that we’re thankful for, our liberties have to rank high on the list. Indeed, as US citizens we like to remind ourselves that “freedom is not free,” and we have a long tradition of honoring the fallen soldiers who paid that [...]
Hey everyone, To add a little variety to the blog, if you haven’t seen Randy Pausch’s last lecture, you definitely should check it out. It will be one of the best lectures you’ll ever see. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo Best, Bob
Today, the New York Times published a review of the counter insurgency strategy that has sprung up in Afghanistan. In many remote villages throughout the region, Afghani chiefs are getting together to fight against the Taliban warlords. There is a form of the “Sunni Awakening” that occurred in Iraq during 2006. This could go a long way towards stabilizing Afghanistan. [...]
Apparently pretty darn low if your Bishop Thomas Tobin who asked that Representative Patrick Kennedy not take communion because of his views on abortion. let me ask you this Bishop, if you really had such a problem with it why not ask every Catholic American congressman not to take communion? I smell personal vendetta and it looks like the Bishop [...]
Some Sports items: 1) No, seriously, the score of a game is final, unless cheating or fixing occurred that would cause an automatic forfeit. Ireland can lobby for harsh penalties for poor officiating, but that’s about it. And indeed, harsh penalties for poor officiating should be in place. But unless out-and-out, premeditated cheating occurred, there’s no way to change a [...]
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani does not want to be New York’s next governor. Instead, it looks like he is strongly considering a Senate run against newly appointed New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Though Tony Carbonetti of Giuliani Partners has dismissed this, noting that he would be a better chief executive, not senator, it seems like Giuliani has a [...]
Well, it’s been awhile since the last Honduras post. What’s been happening? As it turns out, not an awful lot has actually happened, which is very bad news. These people are probably your best source for factual information on events in Honduras. They are relentlessly anti-Micheletti government, but they’re also dedicated and thorough. And, really, at this point it’s very [...]
Ed Rendell, the governor of Pennsylvania, greeted the students of Penn with words of wisdom on the state of our economy, political future, and healthcare reform. I expected the evening to be duly and full of empty rhetoric, a round of “Yes we can,” and a goodbye to us all. However, I found trust in him. I entered believing politicians [...]
I was in my negotiations class and we were discussing the ethics of business. I’m wondering what people think of this issue. The economist Milton Friedman argues that businesses are responsible only to their shareholders, and as long as they stay within the law, then they are fine. Friedman says that corporate social responsibility is an excess… Bob
One of the big questions that’s been floating around my head for the last month or so has been focused on what lobbyists really do these days. The position of a lobbyist is no where near as dark corner paid trips style as featured in the best of espionage stories. Indeed, today, lobbyists are required to report on nearly everything [...]
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