When Laura Ling and Euna Lee walked off a plane in Burbank, California after being detained in North Korea for nearly five months, there were cheers and tears. As former President Bill Clinton deboarded, the cheers escalated. Afterall, he had secured the release of the young journalists, and had come face-to-face with North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il.
With Obama clinching the democratic nomination, you can be sure that water cooler talk is heating up in workplaces across America. It might go something like this:
Bear Sterns gets bailed out by JP Morgan Chase. The dollar hits a new record low against the euro. Consumer Confidence take a dive. The nation has lost more than Eighty thousand jobs in the last two months. A fragile day for President Bush to address the Economic Club of New York. Talking about being in the fire and temptation.
“What first seemed science fiction, is now an undeniable inconvenient truth.” – Leonardo DiCaprio, from LIVEEARTH
Di Caprio has long been an activist on the global warming bandwagon. He introduced former President Al Gore at Live Earth’s – Giants Stadium concert this afternoon. Gore came upon the stage and ushered these words, “You are Live Earth.” [...]
Disturbing is an understatement. Images of starving children in an abandoned orphanage in Iraq are still reeling in my mind as I prepare to anchor the news tonight. It’s the story of U-S and Iraqi soldiers making the heartbreaking discovery of 24 malnourished children in a Baghdad Orphanage, some tied to their beds. Check out [...]
The Virginia Tech tragedy has left many of us in a state of grief. There’s a raw feeling juxtaposed against the intention to move on. This sadness takes many forms, as do our individual methods to conquer the inner feelings that are so heavy right now. Self-help blogs abound with tips on handling the grief [...]
