Easing the Body Burden -- THK Blog Tour, Day 3
Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 12:29:04 PM PDT
As posted earlier today at the Democracy Cell Project blogsite (and reposted here to dKos with full permission of the author & DCP site owners):
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Easing the Body Burden -- THK Blog Tour, Day 3
Teresa Heinz Kerry is no stranger to the spotlight. She's been on stage in front of crowds larger than most of us can even imagine. But as far as she's concerned, her most important work takes place behind the scenes. As head of the Heinz Endowments and the Heinz Family Philanthropies, she has long been a leader in promoting responsible, sustainable social action.
Live-blogging the Kerry-Gingrich climate change debate
Tue Apr 10, 2007 at 04:00:47 AM PDT
John Kerry and Newt Gingrich are debating the government's role in dealing with global climate change this morning at 10 am EDT, and enviromentally-minded netizens will be blogging about it in real time.
The debate, hosted by New York University’s John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress, will take place in the Russell Senate Office Building and will be broadcast live by C-Span and simultaneously webcast at http://c-span.org.
As TheHill.com notes, this event ought to be a thinking-man's matchup well worth watching:
Fallen Soldier's Dad Tells Bush: "This war is wrong"
Tue Mar 20, 2007 at 05:15:33 PM PDT
From Eric Zorn's weblog on the Chicago Tribune website comes this poignant reminder of the human cost of the neocons' illegal and immoral war for oil in the Middle East:
Soldier's dad tells Bush, 'This war is wrong'
The two-page letter is signed from the "proud father of a fallen soldier."
A little more than six weeks ago, his soul a cauldron of grief and rage, Richard Landeck, 56, of Wheaton addressed and mailed it to President Bush.
And since he’s yet to receive an acknowledgment or reply, he asked me if I’d help get his message out.
"My voice, and that of many other frustrated Americans is not being heard," he said.
It’s the least I can do, I replied.
"My son was killed in Iraq on February 2, 2007," says the letter. "His name is Captain Kevin Landeck..."
Lebanon: Small Country, Big Danger
Sun Jan 07, 2007 at 10:08:29 AM PDT
Lebanon is a very small country.
Lebanon is only 4,035 square miles in area, while Connecticut covers 5,349 square miles. So that means Lebanon is smaller in size than all but one American state (poor little Rhode Island has only 1,214 square miles to its name).
Small in size, yes. But tiny Lebanon is a smoldering tinderbox that could set the whole Middle East aflame if its crisis condition continues to be ignored by us here in the United States.
