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- College: Cornell Univ
- What I would Change About the World: More Riding Hood, Less Wolf
- Current Gig: Own Law and Consulting Firm (Telecom/IT/Energy)
- Current Project: Finishing each "Economist" magazine before the next one arrives
- Influences/Heroes: Aristotle, Jesus, Newton, Da Vinci, Thoreau, Sartre, Mozart, My Children
- Organizations: ACLU, Amnesty International
- Political Bent: "Bent" doesn't BEGIN to describe it
- Favorite Bands: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Yes, Elvis, Led Zeppelin, Harry Connick, Jr. , Spyro Gyra
- Favorite Movies: The Philadelphia Story (no, the FIRST one: Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart...), Lawrence of Arabia, Godfather II (natch), Dr. Strangelove, Casablanca, Anything with Carey or the Hepburns
- Favorite TV Shows: You're kidding, right? Would you like to hear my favorite landfills, too?
- Celebrity Crush: I am sure there are several, but I tire of them hanging on me
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- cztheday posted Why Fox News is Un-American 3 years ago
Last week, when White House Communications Director Anita Dunn charged the Fox News Channel with right-wing bias, Fox responded the way it always does. It denied the accusation with a straight... more
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- cztheday posted Facebook versus MySpace: Status Symbols? 3 years ago
Talk to students at The Urban School, an elite private high school in San Francisco, and they will tell you that they used to be on MySpace, but not anymore. Facebook is where it's at for... more
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- cztheday posted EPIDEMIC: Rising U.S. Death Toll Causes Official CDC Declaration 3 years ago
October 16, 2009 The new H1N1 swine flu is causing widespread illness across the nation, federal health officials said Friday. Doctor visits, hospitalization and deaths from flu are all... more
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- cztheday posted Letter From Tehran: Iran's New Hard-Liners 3 years ago
The headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are in a European-style palace, replete with Greek columns and a grand staircase, in the eastern suburbs of Tehran. From here, the... more
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- cztheday posted China's Growing Pains 3 years ago
FOR a country that prides itself on its “peaceful rise”, it was an odd way to celebrate a birthday. The People’s Republic of China marked its diamond jubilee on October 1st with... more
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- cztheday posted Government Forces Murder and Rape Protesters...Now What? 3 years ago
After the killing of dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators by security forces in Guinea last week, West African leaders have sent a presidential mediator in a bid to calm the tensions. France, the... more
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- cztheday posted A War Hero's Tale 3 years ago
As a boy growing up in a small town in Georgia, Max Cleland, a former Democratic senator from Georgia, was inspired by the adventures of the Lone Ranger on his TV screen. Just as the Lone... more
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- cztheday posted Hugo Chavez: Thug 3 years ago
At a recent protest, dozens of university students in Caracas, Venezuela's capital, chant in the name of Julio Cesar Rivas. The government arrested the 22-year-old student in August after... more
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- cztheday posted Ireland backs EU's Lisbon Treaty 3 years ago
Irish voters have strongly endorsed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty - 16 months after their first vote rejecting it plunged EU reforms into deadlock. About 67% voted "Yes",... more
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- cztheday posted Ireland and the Fate of the EU 3 years ago
WATCHING Irish commuters vote on the Lisbon treaty this morning, a heretical thought occurs to me: assuming today’s referendum approves the treaty, last year’s No vote looks like... more
