Dougald MacDonald - a great writer, climber, and all-around guy - wrote a brilliant post yesterday about the tragic passing of climber Craig Luebben. In it, he discusses at length the commonly-heard phrase: "Well, at least he died doing what he loved."
In his post,...
opinion by jakedai | 14 wks ago 50 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Fashion designer, Ricardo Oyarzun has some Catholic groups’ panties in a bunch. Is he an ignorant scoundrel or just a financially savvy one?Oyarzun, most notable for his lack of notability in the fashion world, is sitting in the center of a cash-making storm of religious...
opinion by erichews | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago 1092 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Is there virtue in being diplomatic and finding everything fine and dandy? There can be a fine line between having an opinion and being judgmental. I met a number of people since I have been in the US who think that French natives have opinions on everything and they do not...
opinion by leconcierge | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago 73 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I've fought hard to ward off all the incessant, negative banter of economic downturn, recession and market collapse. In fact, I was even kind of excited about how an economic slowdown might actually be of benefit...
opinion by Geneva B | 45 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago 187 views | 34 recommendations | 8 comments
"India is the largest democracy in the world. They’ve got several hundred languages, they’ve got every major world religion in residence and originated four of them; they are multi-cultural and multi-ethnic, with a male Prime Minister of the minority Sikh religion and a...
created by Sanjanah | 51 wks ago 171 views | 5 recommendations | 8 comments
Rather than stare at my navel and offer only US or French sites, I went global with my Around the World in 10 Blogs list offered on Blogs.com.I hope you benefit from the trip.Thanks to Wendy for thinking we were worth it...
The first 2 lines on the front cover 'Reclaim Yesterday, Enjoy Today and Master Tomorrow' say it all. Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd look at our perception of time, how we use it and what it all means in The Time Paradox (Free Press). The best compliment I can give them is to...
How do we define a king maker? What are its role? This article dig deeply into the power structure of a religious group which boasts of its bloc voting powers, peddling this power for politicians who are...
created by truthoriented | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 2117 views | 3 recommendations | 28 comments
Obama and McCain, both going after the evangelical vote, answered some questions from noted evangelical pastor Rick Warren. Why did they do this?"Both candidates were vying for the “faith vote,” in particular...
opinion by BigT | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 927 views | 35 recommendations | 36 comments
"Is there really anything wrong with Ghana selling a majority share of its state owned telecom company, Ghana Telecom to a British concern? After all governments are supposed to be in the business of taxing businesses not running them, right? Here is an alternate...
created by beninmw | 1 year ago 187 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
"Microsoft made no secret out of having, for some time now, been cooking the next iteration of Windows, a translucent development process with very little transparent areas including details such as multi-touch, support for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, and the evolution...
created by Obi-Akpere | 1 year ago 222 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"As read at City Lights Bookstore as part of LaborFest 2004, and on Tasha's Place on TalkShoe 5/12/08Sometimes I lose my perspective. I forget what a truly incredible place San Francisco is, and how very fortunate I am to rub shoulders with the artists who have always been...
created by lawdog | 1 year ago 42 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Bombarded by news or should I say reports announcing the end of oil, the impact of global warming, high food prices, how bad for nature plastic bags are and the impact of our travel on the planet, we might end up being paralyzed by fear or guilt or both.Besides turning off...
created by leconcierge | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 144 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The Emperors New Clothes.
Spin doctors and their many version of the truth.
Today, as Americans struggle not only with the prospect of electing a new leader to represent the Democrat party but, also a national leader to take them into the next four to eight...