Archive for July, 2005
Wide Angle, a show on PBS hosted by Bill Moyers did an episode about the Beslan School tragedy last night. I was excited that anything related to the ongoing war in Chechnya would get any air time at all in the U.S. so I made some time in my evening to watch it.
The show [...]
Ok, I’m a bit slow on this one.
Robert Jordan’s latest novel in the Wheel of Time series, Knife of Dreams, is set to be released on October 11. In addition, the prolouge of the book will be available in eBook and PDF format July 22 for $3.50.
For those who have no idea what I’m [...]
On July 12 at 9:00pm the PBS show “Wide Angle” will begin it’s 2005 season with an hour episode about the Beslan school siege by Chechen terrorists. As Russia allows very little news to escape about the war in Chechnya, this show promises to be very interesting. From the description on the website [...]
On the subject of Darfur, Kofi Annan actually had something intelligent to say.
Asked how history would judge the international response, Annan said: “Quite likely that we were slow, hesitant, uncaring and that we have learned nothing from Rwanda.”
via Reuters
Now, will he recommend any action?
With the minuscule amount of press the crisis in Darfur is receiving [...]
I’m back in school! I started attending part-time this summer in pursuit of a Master of Library and Information Science degree. I’m very excited to be back in school. Currently, I am taking two classes during a condensed 6-week session. I am beginning to think that I was a little crazy [...]
