Appeasing Iran: How Should Obama play the game
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:33:22 -0700
I’m thinking of giving this article to my students on the honor-shame course final with the following query: how does an honor-shame analysis of the interaction between Presidents Obama and Ahmadinejad help figure out whether Obama’s approach will work, and if not, what approach might? The Logical Fallacies of Appeasing Iran Pajamas Media Posted By Nicholas Guariglia On April 24, 2009 Roger Cohen, one of the op-ed columnists for the New York Times, has, as of late, made it his persona
Friday, April 24, 2009
anger management in the news
Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry - the unnamed Malaysian Prince who allegedly kidnapped & abused his (unfortunate) wife, Manohara Odelia Pinot
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:20:00 -0700
Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry. Yes. That's the name of the mysterious Malaysian prince in the Kelantan royal family who had been accused of kidnapping & abusing his wife, Manohara Odelia Pinot. I must admit I am a tad annoyed. The article from The New Paper mentioned a lot about how the young wife (in this article, it's said that Manohara Odelia Pinot is a 17-year-old Indonesian-French model, not an Indonesian-American model? Hmm...), the alleged abuses she suffered & her distresse
Tom Gerdy: Habitat for Humanity Gets Two Huge Donations
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:50:13 -0700
Warren Buffet and Bill Gates could write checks all day long and never match the size of the donations I want to tell you about. I work with a group of volunteers called the Habitat For Humanity Road Trip Crazies. We gather from a dozen or so states two or three times a year in small communities on the east coast. We help plan, organize and direct old fashioned barn raisings that we call Blitz Builds. Our mission is to help the community stir up some excitement for Habitat For Humanity with
CQ and CDG Interactive Unveil the New CQ Corporate Site
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:01 -0700
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:20:00 -0700
Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry. Yes. That's the name of the mysterious Malaysian prince in the Kelantan royal family who had been accused of kidnapping & abusing his wife, Manohara Odelia Pinot. I must admit I am a tad annoyed. The article from The New Paper mentioned a lot about how the young wife (in this article, it's said that Manohara Odelia Pinot is a 17-year-old Indonesian-French model, not an Indonesian-American model? Hmm...), the alleged abuses she suffered & her distresse
Tom Gerdy: Habitat for Humanity Gets Two Huge Donations
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:50:13 -0700
Warren Buffet and Bill Gates could write checks all day long and never match the size of the donations I want to tell you about. I work with a group of volunteers called the Habitat For Humanity Road Trip Crazies. We gather from a dozen or so states two or three times a year in small communities on the east coast. We help plan, organize and direct old fashioned barn raisings that we call Blitz Builds. Our mission is to help the community stir up some excitement for Habitat For Humanity with
CQ and CDG Interactive Unveil the New CQ Corporate Site
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:01 -0700
allman brothers tickets in the news
AD Round Up: Stone Houses Part I
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:30:38 -0700
Choosing the main material for your house may be quite a problem. Wood? Steel? Or stone? So to finish this week’s Round Up , we bring you previoulsy featured stone houses on ArchDaily. Pirihueico House / Alejandro Aravena A volcanic site, 4.000 mm of rain every year, strong winds from the north and east, views towards the lake (east) and the forest (west), considerations of the difficulty of bringing materials to this remote place, erasure of any a priori architectural language (be it o
Politico op-ed: Damn, our president is hip
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:36:31 -0700
There’s a germ of a good point here — The One’s cultural cachet does help him with voters, especially young ones, by proving he’s “in touch” — but it’s drizzled with so many gooey effusions and earnest exclamation points that I can only call it Morford-esque. Read it and tell me you don’t hear Phil Hartman doing the “Sassy” voice.But watch him walk. Listen to him talk. See the body language, the expressions, the clothes. He’s got attitude, rhythm, a sense of humor, contemporary tastes.This much
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:30:38 -0700
Choosing the main material for your house may be quite a problem. Wood? Steel? Or stone? So to finish this week’s Round Up , we bring you previoulsy featured stone houses on ArchDaily. Pirihueico House / Alejandro Aravena A volcanic site, 4.000 mm of rain every year, strong winds from the north and east, views towards the lake (east) and the forest (west), considerations of the difficulty of bringing materials to this remote place, erasure of any a priori architectural language (be it o
Politico op-ed: Damn, our president is hip
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:36:31 -0700
There’s a germ of a good point here — The One’s cultural cachet does help him with voters, especially young ones, by proving he’s “in touch” — but it’s drizzled with so many gooey effusions and earnest exclamation points that I can only call it Morford-esque. Read it and tell me you don’t hear Phil Hartman doing the “Sassy” voice.But watch him walk. Listen to him talk. See the body language, the expressions, the clothes. He’s got attitude, rhythm, a sense of humor, contemporary tastes.This much
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