Saturday: Walk Like a Bahraini Youth Activist
Click Image to go to the NYT Lens. Good morning, news junkies! I’ve gotten quite hooked on the NYT’s new Lens blog, particularly the regular interview/photo essays compiled by Lens editor James Estrin....
View ArticleSaturday: Solidarity, Sisterhood
Good morning, gleaners! Grab your morning brew, and let’s go! Wisconsin It’s farmer-labor day today at the WI Capitol building, starting at noon, complete with a “tractorcade.” Next, a piece I...
View ArticleSaturday: Hillary, Jeannette, and Perditta
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives for the funeral mass for former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, Thursday, March 31, 2011 in New York. Morning, news junkies. Note: You’ll have...
View ArticleSaturday: Sailboats at Sunset
Escaping Dystopia 2011... Morning, news junkies. Chris Hedges ushered in 2011 by calling it a brave new dystopia. For a brief moment in time, the Egyptian and Wisconsin protests provided a glimmer of...
View ArticleThursday Reads: the Winter Solstice, the Mayan Calendar, “the Kamikazes,” and...
Newsstand in Copley Square, Boston Good Morning!! I have a mix of news links for you this morning, but nothing too terribly depressing. As I told you Tuesday, I’ve got a bit of Christmas overload, plus...
View ArticleHappy New Year…2012!
Happy New Year! New Year 2012, Sydney, Australia. Click this image for more pictures from Sydney Harbour. Aren’t those fireworks fantastic? Here is a video of New Year’s Eve 2012: Celebrations around...
View ArticleOpen Thread: End-of-the-Year Lists, 2011
First Night ice scupture, Boston, Jan 1, 2012 The new year always brings with it lists of the most, the best, the worst of the previous year. And of course the lists of people who are no longer with...
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