While certainly a complicated issue, a few things are very simple.
1. Tibetans, most notably His Holiness the Dalai Lama, must live in exile in order to be free.
2. Many, many Tibetans flee, on foot (1 week – 2 months, over mountains and through extreme cold), to reach freedom.
3. China has not “liberated” Tibet at all, [...]
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Free Tibet
a different road
I may not be keeping up with the news while traveling, but one subscription I was sure to keep was the Chicago Magazine’s weekly “Dish” newsletter. I may not need an email digest about shootings in West Virginia and bombings in Iraq, but don’t think I’m going to ignore the Chicago food scene.
Anyhow, the [...]
daily photo: confetti time
November 2nd, 2004. A great day in American politics because the scene pictured above unfolded.
Well, more like it was a great day because Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate, which allowed for the thrill of being in the front row for his victory speech. We even still have a few pieces of [...]
[Naming Rights Available] City of Chicago
I guess this is the way things work now. You sell off naming rights or local ownership, sell nostalgia down the river, all to make a few more bucks. I know sometimes it helps provide funds for valuable things. But where does it end?
It started so innocently when the old Chicago Stadium, home of the [...]
Neil Young kicks ass
Currently submerged in wedding planning, end of term school work and oh yeah, work at my job… but taking time to surface to point you to the new Neil Young album. It’s hands down the best protest album of the George-Fucking-Bush reign of terror. If that doesn’t turn you on to this masterpiece of rocking [...]
A look in the mirror for the “guardian” of human rights
From the LETTERS section of the 21 March 2006 Harper’s Weekly:
TO: Harper’s Weekly
FROM: M Henri Day, PhD, MD
Readers intrigued by the US State Department´s report on the human rights situation obtaining [sic] around the world (but not in the US) may also find the Chinese response of some interest — here´s a link [...]
When Dad Sends a “Forward,” It’s Worth Reading
On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, in Annapolis at a hearing on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to prohibit gay marriage, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at AU, was requested to testify.
At the end of his testimony, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs said: “Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman. [...]
Two Food Source Models
My partner in crime (err, food shopping) found this article today on AlterNet (she also mentioned it in the comments of my previous post). It provides some evidence that Whole Foods really is Whole Paycheck Market, as well as the contradiction between how Whole Foods markets itself (as a natural food retailer that is good [...]
