EdCone.comWord UpNew site up and running- November 5, 2005 New site is up: Please go to http:edcone.typepad.comwordup www.edcone.com should send you there, too (or do so soon). Thanks. I've had a great run on Radio, but I wanted a hosted service, and users have complained a lot about comments and availability. So, off we go...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/11/05.html#a5431 Troublemaker- November 4, 2005 Troublemaker: When a cop gets shot.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/11/04.html#a5430 Tutu- November 4, 2005 Chewie went to see Desmond Tutu at Guilford. I urge you to read her report. She opens with a quote from the Archbishop Emeritus: "It is a privilege to come to this city, the first in this country to have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, embodying the theme of reconciling love. The world salutes Greensboro." Read the whole thing. More from Jay Ovittore and Hardy Floyd.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/11/04.html#a5429 DarkTimes: Krugman and Friedman- November 4, 2005 DarkTimes: Krugman ("Defending Imperial Nudity") retells The Emporer's New Clothes as a tale of WMD: The talk-show host Bill O'Reilly yelled, "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" at the little boy. Calling the boy a nut, he threatened to go to the boy's house and "surprise" him. Fox News repeatedly played up possible finds of imperial clothing, then buried reports discrediting these stories. Months after the naked procession, a poll found that many of those getting most of their news from Fox...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/11/04.html#a5428 N&R feels T&R- November 4, 2005 The N&R steps up its coverage of the Truth & Reconciliation process with this solid story by Margaret Banks. The headline, "Truth panel sees signs of healing," is an improvement, too. A community dialogue sponsored by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission will be held on Saturday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Alamance Church Rd. This is the thing the Mayor said he might attend. Background links here.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/11/04.html#a5427 Nathan, Wood, Butkovich- November 4, 2005 Marty Nathan responds to last night's apology by former neo-Nazi (and 1979 gunman) Roland Wayne Wood. This could be interesting: "In discussion with Greensboro citizens he speaks of his relationship with undercover Bureau of Alcohol and Firearms agent Bernard Butkovich who also encouraged him to participate but then was himself absent from the gathering in Greensboro...We are gratified that he is willing to testify to the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation and hope that he does shed himself of.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/11/03.html#a5426 Migration frustration- November 4, 2005 Anyone want to help me import 5,000 Radio posts to TypePad The Help files send me here, but that doesn't do me much good...I'm pretty much ready to launch the new site, but I would like to bring the old one along...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/11/03.html#a5425 The last word means "fan"- November 3, 2005 Paris: La merde frappe le ventilateur. Lots of immigrants to France end up in the grim suburbs of Paris. Many of these people are from former French colonies in North Africa -- it's been said there are more practicing Muslims in France than practicing Catholics -- and racial and religious tensions run high. That's the backdrop for the riots that have shaken Paris for the last week. Years ago Lisa and I had dinner with a 16th-arrondissement doyenne who chastised us for America's...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/11/03.html#a5424 Thursday evening in GSO- November 3, 2005 Things to do in Greensboro tonight: Check out the Loewenstein Legacy lectures on modern architecture and preservation, Weatherspoon Museum, 7 PM. (Free and open to public) Catch a Speech by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Guilford College. (sold out) Watch Meet John Doe, with Gary Cooper, The Scene on South Elm ($3) Watch Survivor with Sydney. (invitation only)http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/11/03.html#a5423 Pros talking politics- November 3, 2005 Gary Pearce and Carter Wrenn are blogging about politics.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/11/03.html#a5422 |