January 2010
23 posts
I Just Remembered Chris Matthews Was White →
Incredible post by TNC. Very worth reading and thought-provoking.
“Question: Guns. Let’s talk about this issue.
Answer: I never got an A rating,...”
– An interview with potential NY SEN candidate Harold Ford, who, never fear New Yorkers, does not shoot at children.
Stand With Haiti blog button
I’ve put a blog button for Partners in Health’s new site, Stand With Haiti, on my tumblr. Here’s the code if you want to embed it too:
<a href=”https://donate.pih.org/page/contribute/haiti_earthquake?source=earthquake&subsource=standwithhaitiembed”><img src=”http://act.pih.org/page/-/img/stand-with-haiti.png” alt=”Stand With...
Partners in Health
I just donated to Partners in Health, an organization that has worked in Haiti since 1987 and is currently working on the ground following the devastation by the earthquake. Go here if you want to donate too.
To read more about the work Partners in Health does in Haiti, I strongly recommend reading Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder.
“My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I...”
– Conan (via kateheffernan)
"Extra mental resilience"
7 out of the last 14 U.S. presidents were left-handed, including our current one, President Barack Obama.
Love this tidbit courtesy of the Wikipedia article:
Michael Peters, a neuropsychologist at the University of Guelph, points out that left-handed people have to get by in a world adapted to right-handers, something which can give them extra mental resilience.
It’s a hard-knock life...
Today I like Joe Biden.
Statement by the Vice President on Senator Chris Dodd
“Senator Dodd is one of my best friends in life. We served together in the Senate for almost 30 years, and to every meeting, every hearing, every floor debate, he brought a keen intellect and a deep understanding of the subject matter on every issue. His knowledge and background in foreign policy are matched by few, and his expertise on...
Agreed
Rep. John Barry Larson told The Courant’s Mara Lee said Dodd has been a giant in Connecticut politics, and his 30 years in the U.S. Senate cannot replaced overnight.
“It’s an enormous loss for the state of Connecticut,” said Larson, who will not run for Dodd’s seat. ”His extraordinary service is only superseded by his acumen and understanding of the process,...
