Starting with an oldie but a goodie … Star Wars as retold by a person who’s never actually seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb2GmBkkaTU&hl=en&fs=1& News Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as the next US Supreme Court Justice by the Senate by a count of 68-31. Here’s President Obama’s response. Bill O’Reilly sings Obama’s praises … seriously. Jobless claims are …
News Stimulus spending is patchy. Britain mourns its last surviving World War I veteran, Harry Patch, who died aged 111. Rupert Murdoch says the age of free news is ending. Human trafficking New book "The Snakehead," by Patrick Raddan Keefe, delves into human trafficking in New York’s Chinatown. Excerpted on NPR here. The Rio Grande …
In case you missed last night’s press conference:
[from the White House Flickr feed] I love this pic. *** On a separate note, here’s an interesting article in the Economist, about heightened creativity in those who have lived or are living abroad.
In recent weeks, the criticism of President Obama has shifted to his foreign policy, and specifically his stance on talking with our enemies (namely, that we should do it). This weekend, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and John Ensign (R-NV) decried Obama’s warm handshake with President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela as “irresponsible” and …