…My experience with the UAW when our graduate students struck last fall as Department Chair, when I tried to calm the nerves of my rattled colleagues, makes me think we need to buckle our seat belts. This could be a bumpy flight….
…It was kind of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (NPT) to say, “you have nary aged a day & I would say you look even better than before,” but please do not be flattered into selling weapons to Vietnam….
…“Rakhine, for all its poverty, is potentially rich given its natural resources, position as a transit route for trade & fuel...(Its access to) the Indian Ocean (is a) doorway to China….
…I am perturbed this AM after reading about mine clearing efforts in Burma. At great risk to their own lives & limbs, men from the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) go in the fields with rakes, hoes & pliers to clear unexploded ordnances so farmers can use the land…
…“Hurricane Idalia’s rapid intensification is becoming the norm for gulf storms.” Weirdly, storms move slower now so they intensify quickly going from being Cat 1 to Cat 4 in 24 hours. …
How much of yesterday’s conversation with Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves Robles was about Intel’s semiconductor assembly plant in Heredia? It’s hard to tell because the articles about the meeting in my news sources are short & focus on immigration.
…As Jacksonville native, Rodney L. Hurst Sr. told the WP, America has “still not come to grips with its own racism,” which is both “invasive and evasive.” We need to teach “accurate and authentic history.”…
When you visit Eliot-Hine Middle School today, please ask the kids if any March(ed) on Washington on Sat & if they did, which speech they liked the best…
