If you even have a smidgen of interest in Japanese art, an afternoon well done is visiting the “Patterned Feathers and Piercing Eyes Exhibit” of the “Joe and Etsuko Price Collection” at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery.
Australia’s Shadow Climate Change Minister and former Midnight Oil Singer Peter Garrett Australia’s election that has today elevated the Labor Party to majority status and Kevin Rudd to succeed the conservative John Howard may signal a major shift ahead in America’s political order.
This just in from Bloomberg’s Lorraine Woellert: Presidential candidate Ron Paul said he has raised more than $9 million in the past two months and he predicted his campaign will exceed its $12 million fourth-quarter goal.
Arianna Huffington has linked three interesting graphics in an essay titled “Posterizing the Modern GOP.” I like the poster to the right the best, but the politician roster above is also effective.
Next Tuesday, a gaggle of nations will meet for one day in the Maryland City of Annapolis to discuss what it will take to generate a comprehensive solution to the Israel-Palestine standoff. The Baltimore Sun caught my comment that in 1786 the Annapolis Convention was a mess.
Inside sources tell me that the Annapolis Peace Summit to address Israel/Palestine issues will be officially announced tomorrow, and the date will be November 27. The selection of Annapolis as the site for the upcoming Israel/Palestine Peace Summit makes some sense if one were serious about creating a new reality in the Middle East.
I have just received some surprising news. I’m just back from China as of late last night and have not been in the loop on whether this was expected or not, but President Bush’s Adviser on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Fran Townsend has resigned.
Until Sunday, I am visiting Beijing and staying at the Diaoyutai State Guest House for a conference on US-China relations organized by McKinsey & Company. So far, the meeting has been mostly high end networking, but the substance begins in about 30 minutes.
About a month ago, far-right activists pressed hard for Republican candidates for President to take a position on the Law of the Sea. Most of them did. Senator John McCain was asked about it on a bloggers’ conference call.
