Archive for September, 2007
I stayed up until about 4am watching the Iranian President speak at Columbia University. It was pretty odd. Bollinger, the Columbia administrator responsible for inviting Ahmadinejad, had been getting grief for giving him a public forum in which to speak. I think, in reaction to that pressure, his introductory speech was a harsh condemnation – [...]
Our news media is supposed to inform us. Today I got another example of what to expect if I rely on them. Introducing a story the announcer mentioned ‘advacy groups’. Extending the benefit of the doubt, I continued watching on the assumption that she was speaking too quickly. Well, she was nice enough to dispel [...]
Prime Minister Abe has stepped down. Many people were concerned about his politics being hard-line conservative or right wing, but thinly veiled. Now we won’t have a chance to know for sure. However he has elevated Secretary Aso as interim head. I find him to be frighteningly right wing (no veil). Hopefully, the new PM [...]
