Did everyone already see this op-ed in the NY Times? A former Human Rights Watch chairman writes that his former organization has it all wrong in terms of being so critical of Israel. A rare and satisfying read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20bernstein.html?_r=1
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Beautiful night in the Bronx
Joe and Mike (and Jeter) are clutch - doing a good job pulling out an impressive win and a gorgeous early autumn pic at Steinbrenner's Big Sukah in the Bronx.
Monday, October 5, 2009
yikes...Galápagos politics in NYTimes article
To Protect Galápagos, Ecuador Limits a Two-Legged Species
Apparently, the locals are being deported from the galapagos to accommodate tourists. one telling quote from the article:“We are being told that a tortoise for a rich foreigner to photograph is worth more than an Ecuadorean citizen,” said María Mariana de Reina Bustos, 54, a migrant from Ambato in Ecuador’s central Andean valley, whose 22-year-old daughter, Olga, was recently rounded up by the police near the slum of La Cascada and put on a plane to the mainland.
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