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“After 30 years in government, serving under five Presidents of both parties and chairing two non-partisan commissions on the Public Service, I have been reluctant to engage in political campaigns. … [Keep reading >>]
Archive for January, 2008
State of the Nation: Indigenous Rights
Indian Country Today applaud the UN’s effort to codify the rights of indigenous peoples: “Throughout the world, indigenous peoples struggle in analogous ways to uphold their own communities, cultures and … [Keep reading >>]
State of the Nation: Hicksville
The Des Moines Register’s Carol Hunter (with her many readers) gets in the middle of the feud between Iowa and New York newspapers over the failures of Rudy Giuliani : … [Keep reading >>]
Lost Boyz of Cambodia – Berkeley
The Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley
Presents a Special Event
“Cambodia, Cambodians and the Diaspora”
Featuring
“LOST BOYZ: Deporting the Cambodian Diaspora”
A talk and slide show by Stuart Isett
&
Reflections of a Khmer … [Keep reading >>]
Bob Herbert – Berkeley
Presented by: The Graduate School of Journalism
Election 2008: Looking Beyond The Bush Years
A talk by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert
When: February 6, 2008, 6:00 pm — 8:00 pm
Where: North … [Keep reading >>]
The Race for 2008: McCain’s Message to Democrats
Writing in the Guardian, Jonathan Freedland believes that a February 5 surge for McCain makes the democrats’ decision more urgent, and more clear: “But if McCain does indeed wrap things … [Keep reading >>]
The Race for 2008: Campaign Firestorm
Writing in New York’s Daily News, Mike Lupica dissects the failed Giuliani strategy that was undermined, in part, by an incredulous firefighter: “Maybe (Giuliani) can still run that business off … [Keep reading >>]
The Race for 2008: Back Handed Endorsement
The conservative, Murdoch-inspired New York Post endorses Obama, sort of: ” And don’t forget the Clintons’ trademark political cynicism. How else to explain Sen. Clinton’s oft-contradictory policy stands: She voted … [Keep reading >>]
Soldier Suicides
” Suicides among active-duty soldiers in 2007 reached their highest level since the Army began keeping such records in 1980, according to a draft internal study obtained by The Washington … [Keep reading >>]
Feinstein: Now You Don’t Feel So Proud…
“I do believe he will be a truly nonpolitical, nonpartisan attorney general; that he will make his views very clear; and that, once he has the opportunity to do the … [Keep reading >>]
