Today’s NY Times includes this story about Eziba, a failed dot com that used to sell African handicrafts until it went belly up last year. “Since its debut in 1999, Eziba was never shy about publicizing the benefits it bestowed on vendors around the world. The company said it paid […]
Robert D. Kaplan is perhaps my all time favorite author. His non fiction accounts of travel blend the politics of today with the history of the ages, and it makes for compelling reading. I picked up a copy of April’s Atlantic and found his report from Niger, called “America’s African […]
Women are better than men at remembering people. I learned this last night, when I took a time travel train back 35 years to my days at summer camp in Vermont. The reunion took place at Kevin St. James, on 8th Ave in Hell’s Kitchen NYC. The bar was lively […]
Kay oh, Kay Oh, Ess eye en gee, Kay Oh, Kay oh! ess eye en gee. That was our song long, long ago when each summer I boarded a bus in Brooklyn with forty mostly New Yorkers and traveled to Thetford Center, Vermont to camp. It was not just any […]
The NY Post reports on Business, just like sports; “The head of The Wall Street Journal’s empire, Peter Kann, could be sweating over his job, again. Earnings plunged by 54 percent at the newspaper’s parent Dow Jones & Co., with its fledgling online operations earning more money for the first […]
The New York Times magazine comes in a $4.50 wrapper, so I read it on line. This was included in last week’s issue. “Flavorpill now has scores of contributors who straddle the line between critic and fan. A recent issue of the New York version included a ”stoner/psych rock” show […]
From Littlegreenfootballs.com today: One of the best stories I’ve read today is this account of the confrontation at Belmont University in Nashville between anti-idiotarian students and the ambassador from Sudan’s “Islamic republic:” Sudan’s envoy gets hostile reception at Belmont. (Hat tip: Bill Hobbs.) An unusual gathering at Belmont University featured […]
Tina Brown is a royal-watcher with credentials, she’s British and knows what the signals mean. Her recent Washington Post column surmises what will take place in the years ahead of Charles and Camilla. “The prince’s intentions to crown Camilla have actually been clear all along. Item: the gift of the […]
Tne NY Times keeps track of the stories that are emailed the most; often this is where you’ll find the best stories. This one was about a millionaire who decided to work as a train conductor in NJ. “Walter Joe O’Rourke, who never wed, is married to the rails. Despite […]
This from a lobbying website “The Center for American Progress” I found on google… “He has been called a “treaty-killer” and a “guided missile.” He is known as the “undersecretary for chads” and the “anti-diplomat.”[ii] Recently he called concerns over how many nuclear weapons North Korea possesses “quibbling.” [iii] And, […]
The NY Times told a tale that included a long horizontal photo of Marisa Acocella Marchetto at her apartment. The story was about her reaction to breast cancer. “The New York-based illustrator was dressed to turn heads one recent afternoon at Da Silvano, a downtown Italian restaurant frequented by the […]
The Providence Journal ‘s Jack Coleman reports on a controversy about the proposed Cape Cod Wind Farm, found on poynter.org today. “NEVER LET IT BE SAID that The Cape Cod Times is stingy. Unlike many newspapers its size, the 50,000-circulation Times has sent reporters to chase stories in South Africa, […]