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2019 Recap: A Meta-Post
New Year’s Eve seems like a fitting occasion for a meta-post; a post about posts. Looking back over 2019, I wrote 19 posts. Coincidence? They break down into these categories: Management & personal development: 4 Environment & energy: 4 Personal … Continue reading
100
I just checked my stats page and discovered to my delight that 100 people are following this blog. Thank you! I started blogging about 10 years ago. In fact, the original platform was a now-defunct Microsoft product called Spaces. Microsoft … Continue reading
Swainson’s Thrush
They’re back! Swainson’s Thrush have returned to the North Cascades forests. I’m not a birdwatcher – glasses too thick – so I’ve never seen this bird close enough to identify it by color or markings. But I sure have heard … Continue reading
Underground New York Public Library
I came across this article about New York photographer Ourit Ben Haim’s project photographing people reading books on the New York Subway. Her blog is http://undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com/. If you click on any of the photos, you’ll get taken to her Flickr collection. … Continue reading
Canadian Election Recap
Back on April 14, the Elections Desk here at Katz News Network issued its prediction for the outcome of the May 2 Canadian general election. We predicted another minority government for Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, and the resignation of Liberal leader … Continue reading
Burma’s military dictators clearly terrified of Aung San Suu Kyi
As reported in the Guardian, and other media, Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pleads not guilty to violating house arrest. About a week before Aung San Suu Kyi was due to be released from six years of house … Continue reading
Betrayed
George Packer has written another excellent if depressing article in the March 26, 2007 edition of The New Yorker. Betrayed follows a group of Iraqi interpreters who risk their lives every day to work with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad and in … Continue reading
Israel-Hezbollah war
This war that broke out in southern Lebanon 10 days ago doesn’t have a name yet, so I’m just calling it the Israel-Hezbollah war for now. A couple of interesting editorials on the conflict. In the Washington Post … Continue reading
