October 2009
4 posts
U.S. & No. Koreans Continue Meetings on the Torrey...
It appears that multilateral meetings continued Tuesday at University of California San Diego and at other locations on the Torrey Pines Mesa between U.S. representatives and representatives of North Korea, Japan, & China. Hopefully, these meetings are the prelude to full fledged peace talks. Apparently, discussions include possible deployment of a hospital ship to North Korea and other...
Healthcare Debate
Let Congress Go Without InsuranceIn today’s Times @nytimeskristof has written a brilliant piece taking the gloves off against the recalcitrance of a Congress that can not find its way to provide healthcare for all. If Abraham Lincoln could comment today on Congress and healthcare, he would likely write a column like Kristof’s invoking the moral right to healthcare. But, he would take...
U.C. Berkeley and Afghanistan
UC BERKELEY DESERVES U.S. FUNDS RATHER THAN AFGHANISTAN.
Let’s cut funds and troops in Afghanistan and send the money saved to UC Berkeley. That would certainly be a better use of our resources in this economic maelstrom. If that war is really necessary, perhaps Brazil, India, Germany, Britain and the UN could supply the troops and fund the war in Afghanistan. The folks at Berkeley then can...
M.I.T. Lets Student Bloggers Post Without...
via nytimes.com MIT has no real choice but to embrace its independent student bloggers and provide them a forum. Otherwise these bloggers would easily find another uncensored forum where they can “speak truth to power.” There is a larger lesson here for all institutions in society: the day when marketing machines control the message is gone. The day of ubiquitous consumer and...
