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MY TAKE ON THE NEWS: Jan. 28-Feb. 5
Louise Mengelkoch
What a week of news! Here’s what’s been going on while you’ve been spending many hundreds of dollars to keep warm and feed your car:
Starbucks has finally maxed itself out – they’ll be closing stores and ending hot sandwiches. Rumor has it that their fatal move was going to (sniff) automated espresso machines and hiring untrained baristas.
Five women were killed at a suburban Chicago shopping mall Saturday during a robbery attempt.
Harvard has an endowment of almost $35 billion. Several hundred other elite universities have spectacular endowments, but most have less than $10 million. “Higher education has always been stratified, but the disparities were never as large as today.”
The dropouts: John Edwards and Rudolf Giuliani from the presidential race; Five Republican representatives from the U.S. House, for a total of 28 Republican retirees as of November.
The non-news of the State of the Union Address was overshadowed by the endless debate over whether Barack Obama snubbed Hillary Clinton at the event. The video was replayed about a thousand times by evidence seekers to no avail. Later in the week, however, the two fueled rumors of romance (or at least running mates) with their lovefest “debate.”
Subway is suing Quizno’s for slanderous amateur video commercials.
Now that Rupert Murdoch owns the Wall Street Journal, it will sport a sports page and will relocate to the NewsCorp offices in Midtown.
Turkey may now allow Muslim women to wear headscarves.
Twenty-four people died in China when snowstorms stopped hundreds of millions of people from reaching home for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Five soldiers died in Mosul at the hands of Sunni Arab guerillas. Also, 8 of 11 rebuilding projects in Iraq were terminated before they were completed because of problems.
Suharto was mourned by millions at his funeral in Indonesia, despite the fact that he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in his 28 years of corrupt rule.
Amazon.com bought Audible, the largest online seller of audiobooks.
President Bush admitted that he drank too much when he was young.
Poor East Indians are being kidnapped for their kidneys to be sold at great profit to rich people who need them.
People in Minnesota don’t believe the report stating that the 35W bridge collapsed due to design failure – we think it was poor maintenance.
The violence in Kenya, Barack Obama’s ancestral home, keeps escalating. Melitus Mugabe Were, a freshman member of Parliament, was dragged out of his car and shot to death. He is one of 800 people who have been killed since the election on Dec. 27 that many say was won fraudulently.
Barack and Hillary both came to Minneapolis. He drew 20,000 people at the Target Center (including my 18-year-old son) and she drew a paltry 4,000 at Augsburg College (including the same son). Numbers were not given for Mitt Romney.
A tsunami of endorsements have taken place: Obama got Edward Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Maria Shriver, a majority of legislators in both houses in North Dakota, the California Service Union (650,000 strong!), MoveOn.org, Susan Eisenhower, Garrison Keillor, the LA Times and 49 other newspapers. Hillary got the Denver Post, the New York Times, Robert Kennedy Jr., Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Wilma Mankiller, and the American Nurses Association.
John McCain got Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sen. Norm Coleman, Rudolph Giuliani (remember him?) and 50 newspapers. Mitt Romney got Sean Hannity and former senator Rick Santorum.
Obama took in $32 million in donations in January, which set a record.
A half-million children are now schooling on-line at taxpayers’ expense. Everyone agrees it needs more oversight.
James Risen, a NY Times reporter, was subpoenaed by a grand jury regarding information on sources in his book about the CIA called State of War.
Paul Krugman claimed that the only reason the Democrats have become the party of ideas this time around is due to John Edwards.
The editors claim that the Interior Department is “broken,” because a court has ruled that it “unreasonably delayed” its accounting for billions of dollars owed to American Indian landholders.
Nicholas Kristoff pointed out that if Hillary Clinton won the election, we could have 28 years of Bushes and Clintons as presidents.
People and chickens have been hard hit by the flu in Indonesia.
An on-line activist and his wife and infant daughter are under house arrest in China.
Hillary Clinton found her voice and Bill has toned his down. He is now entangled in a scandal about a $31 million donation to his foundation from someone in Kazakhstan for whom he arranged a lucrative uranium-mining contract.
The FDA found an increase in suicide symptoms for people on several drugs, including one my daughter takes for her migraine headaches.
Leda Livant lives in one of the strangest looking houses I’ve ever seen – see it on page D1 of Jan. 31 edition. It took 28 years to build and now nobody knows what to do with it.
Jerome Kerveil frittered away $5.5 billion on insider trading in France. Nobody’s been fired yet except him. He’s being watched for suicide. Three of his colleagues committed suicide in the past couple of years from the pressure.
North Dakotans, it was discovered, don’t like big money in big politics.
Louise Mengelkoch
What a week of news! Here’s what’s been going on while you’ve been spending many hundreds of dollars to keep warm and feed your car:
Starbucks has finally maxed itself out – they’ll be closing stores and ending hot sandwiches. Rumor has it that their fatal move was going to (sniff) automated espresso machines and hiring untrained baristas.
Five women were killed at a suburban Chicago shopping mall Saturday during a robbery attempt.
Harvard has an endowment of almost $35 billion. Several hundred other elite universities have spectacular endowments, but most have less than $10 million. “Higher education has always been stratified, but the disparities were never as large as today.”
The dropouts: John Edwards and Rudolf Giuliani from the presidential race; Five Republican representatives from the U.S. House, for a total of 28 Republican retirees as of November.
The non-news of the State of the Union Address was overshadowed by the endless debate over whether Barack Obama snubbed Hillary Clinton at the event. The video was replayed about a thousand times by evidence seekers to no avail. Later in the week, however, the two fueled rumors of romance (or at least running mates) with their lovefest “debate.”
Subway is suing Quizno’s for slanderous amateur video commercials.
Now that Rupert Murdoch owns the Wall Street Journal, it will sport a sports page and will relocate to the NewsCorp offices in Midtown.
Turkey may now allow Muslim women to wear headscarves.
Twenty-four people died in China when snowstorms stopped hundreds of millions of people from reaching home for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Five soldiers died in Mosul at the hands of Sunni Arab guerillas. Also, 8 of 11 rebuilding projects in Iraq were terminated before they were completed because of problems.
Suharto was mourned by millions at his funeral in Indonesia, despite the fact that he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in his 28 years of corrupt rule.
Amazon.com bought Audible, the largest online seller of audiobooks.
President Bush admitted that he drank too much when he was young.
Poor East Indians are being kidnapped for their kidneys to be sold at great profit to rich people who need them.
People in Minnesota don’t believe the report stating that the 35W bridge collapsed due to design failure – we think it was poor maintenance.
The violence in Kenya, Barack Obama’s ancestral home, keeps escalating. Melitus Mugabe Were, a freshman member of Parliament, was dragged out of his car and shot to death. He is one of 800 people who have been killed since the election on Dec. 27 that many say was won fraudulently.
Barack and Hillary both came to Minneapolis. He drew 20,000 people at the Target Center (including my 18-year-old son) and she drew a paltry 4,000 at Augsburg College (including the same son). Numbers were not given for Mitt Romney.
A tsunami of endorsements have taken place: Obama got Edward Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Maria Shriver, a majority of legislators in both houses in North Dakota, the California Service Union (650,000 strong!), MoveOn.org, Susan Eisenhower, Garrison Keillor, the LA Times and 49 other newspapers. Hillary got the Denver Post, the New York Times, Robert Kennedy Jr., Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Wilma Mankiller, and the American Nurses Association.
John McCain got Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sen. Norm Coleman, Rudolph Giuliani (remember him?) and 50 newspapers. Mitt Romney got Sean Hannity and former senator Rick Santorum.
Obama took in $32 million in donations in January, which set a record.
A half-million children are now schooling on-line at taxpayers’ expense. Everyone agrees it needs more oversight.
James Risen, a NY Times reporter, was subpoenaed by a grand jury regarding information on sources in his book about the CIA called State of War.
Paul Krugman claimed that the only reason the Democrats have become the party of ideas this time around is due to John Edwards.
The editors claim that the Interior Department is “broken,” because a court has ruled that it “unreasonably delayed” its accounting for billions of dollars owed to American Indian landholders.
Nicholas Kristoff pointed out that if Hillary Clinton won the election, we could have 28 years of Bushes and Clintons as presidents.
People and chickens have been hard hit by the flu in Indonesia.
An on-line activist and his wife and infant daughter are under house arrest in China.
Hillary Clinton found her voice and Bill has toned his down. He is now entangled in a scandal about a $31 million donation to his foundation from someone in Kazakhstan for whom he arranged a lucrative uranium-mining contract.
The FDA found an increase in suicide symptoms for people on several drugs, including one my daughter takes for her migraine headaches.
Leda Livant lives in one of the strangest looking houses I’ve ever seen – see it on page D1 of Jan. 31 edition. It took 28 years to build and now nobody knows what to do with it.
Jerome Kerveil frittered away $5.5 billion on insider trading in France. Nobody’s been fired yet except him. He’s being watched for suicide. Three of his colleagues committed suicide in the past couple of years from the pressure.
North Dakotans, it was discovered, don’t like big money in big politics.
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Here are my notes on the past week of the New York Times. I was still unable to post directly to the blog.
There was a kidney theft ring that was exposed in India. The largest yet in India. These doctors would pick up poor laborers and promise them work and take them to these set up hospitals and force them to go into surgery some by gun point and then sell the kidneys to rich or wealth Indians. Leaving the poor laborers sick and unable to work.
An Afghan woman and taxi driver were abducted, which drew a rally of 500 women for their release.
The war in Kenya is still raging. As a Kenyan Legislator was dragged from his car outside his home and shot to death.
Three snowmobilers went missing in Colorado, due to massive snow fall across the mid-west.
John Edwards drops out of the running and Giuliani quits to back McCain. Due to not getting enough votes in the primaries.
Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the new government will make apologizing to the Aborigines the first on the agenda Feb. 14. However, he said that they will not be making any compensation for past government mistreatments. Aborigines could not even vote until 1962.
A fly by of Mercury went well as NASA received 1,213 images of the planet. It was not the planet they thought it was said, Dr. Solomon. There will be three more passes of the planet by the craft named messenger and will end its trip March 18, 2011.
Attorney General Mukasey said that he does not consider waterboarding torture. However if it was preformed on him it would be considered torture but he could not give clear answer wither or not he would use it in the future because it would be giving to much away to other countries about what may or may not be used in the future.
Indonesia I hit hard by bird flu. Not only the chickens that the country has but the people too. Indonesia has the highest mortality rate then any other country. The bird flu is hard to control there because of the fact that the chickens are not pinned up they run around in the streets and back yards. Even with high efforts to get them all vaccinated the people complain that it is too hard to round them all up. This is the highest country to be hit with the bird flu and has the highest death rate from the bird flu.
New York Times reporter is being subpoenaed to give up a source that was used to write a book in 2006 titled “State of War”. Mr. Risen and a colleague Eric Lichtblau won a 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.
Giants win the Super Bowl. After an amazing come back in the last few minutes the Giants pull out a win.
Google and Microsoft battle it out for bids on Yahoo.
Two earth quakes in Africa’s Great Lakes region kills 40. The quakes registered as a 5.0 on the scale. All this happened in the early morning. Locals were surprised of the after shocks and are now afraid to go back home and are staying outside.
Shooting at a mall in Illinois left five dead and one wounded in a Lane Bryant store. The shooter has not been found and the parent company of Lane Bryant, Charming Shoppes, is offering a $50,000 reward for the where abouts or information on the shooter. However there is speculation that the incident was not just a robbery gone wrong, some are asking if it was some thing else because of the time of day it was the store would not have had a lot of money on hand.
Response to: Police shooting of Mother and Infant Exposes a City’s Racial Tension. (A 10, Jan 30, 2008)
I found this article to be extremely important to read because once again, the racial issue is being raised up. In this article, they mentioned that the SWAT team was supposed to arrest the mother’s companion on Jan 4. But, why was that the mother being shoots dead and the infant being hurts so badly? Besides, the police officers had refused to give any answer according to this case. This is where the problems come in I think. Clearly, the problem is all about racial discrimination. Why are there so much of these issues happened while all human beings are constantly being asked to obtain a peaceful world? Back in the article, some of the African- American who stay in Lima, Ohio, have voiced up their discontentment about how white police officers has actually harassed them. According to the New York Times, the police officers “stop them regularly without cause, point guns in their faces, curse them and physically abuse them”. Aren’t African American human beings? Why must people around the world look down on them? I don’t think they actually harm the world. I think their biggest hope for this New Year is to actually bring more racial balance, receive equal rights, as well as eliminate racial discrimination. I bet they must be keep thinking why people are unable to accept them as normal person. Other than that, what I want to emphasis is that the mother and the baby are extremely innocent in this case. They shouldn’t be hurt. That’s why riots and marches are being held almost every week. Don’t blame them for doing that, but ask who forced them to conduct a march. The problem in Lima is that all the cops are racist. Luckily the N.A.A.C.P. is able to help out these African American a little bit.
Other than that, I’m also interested in one of the news on the Feb 1, 2008 Friday, “Online Schooling grows, setting off a debate”. It says here half a million American children take classes online. Is online learning suitable for young children? In my opinion, I think there are certain advantages as well as disadvantages. Firs t of all, it is good because it seems like pretty convenient for parents to have their children educated through online schooling, and of course, it is very flexible in the sense that for some gifted children, they do not have to follow the slow moving class (vice versa) and are able to move to their own level or standard. I agree that different children need different teaching style or medium. For example, K12 curriculum provides home-schoolers with the materials and tools that particular student need. But, from the other perspective, internet-schooling might not be suitable for young children because I belief that sometimes parents do not have enough time to look after their children while they are doing their works. They need special attention for sure. I have one friend in Malaysia who’ve been internet schooling since the age of 12, seems to be anti-social all the time. He doesn’t mix around with friends and always stays at home. I think this is one of the biggest disadvantages of internet schooling/ home-schooling. It is very important for kids to actually join around with people, and develop a good communication skill in preparation for college/ university. Several financial issues were being discussed in this article as well. According to the Times, “many online charters contract with for profit companies to provide their materials”. They are actually relying on the tax payers’ expense. This is why there are much great opposition towards online-schooling going on. But still, many parents are looking forward to a brighter future in online-schooling.
The serious snowstorm that happened in China seriously broke most of the migrants’ dream of going back home to celebrate the Chinese New Year, which a very sad case. The climate is very unpredictable nowadays. It is very hard to anticipate the weather. That’s why the citizens are being advised to drop their decision of going back to their hometown for the holidays. This is the most serious snowstorm ever after 50 years.
This week in the NY times:
Tuesday, Jan. 29
“Illegal Globally, Bail for Profit Remains Pillar of U.S. Justice” A1
This article is about commercial bail bond companies. America is the only place globally who allows a private company to post bail for an inmate for a fee. There are four states – Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, and Wisconsin that have abolished commercial bail bonds. The reason for this is that it discriminates against the poor and middle-class defendants who can’t afford to pay the bail fee, and it hinders public safety in certain instances, and also hinders decisions made by the justice system. For instance, if a defendant accused of third-degree sexual conduct has bail set at $25,000 in the hopes that they cannot afford to post so that they remain in jail until they are proved not guilty; this bail-bond company can post it for them for a fee…and that offender is out on the streets, free to do it again. There are other problems with this system also. If the defendant does not show up for court, the bail bond still has to pay the bail amount and those that are not convicted of the crime still have to pay the fee to the private business.
“In a Reshuffling, Sears Chairman Takes a Step Back” C1
Sears’ sales, profit and stock prices have been plunging. Billionaire chairman Edward S. Lampert’s new strategy is to take a step back and let the heads of different departments take charge and report to the chief executive. Analysts have said that Mr. Lampert needs to invest money to fix up the store’s appearances even though it may take a few years for consumers to warm up to the stores again. They also need a better marketing and advertising staff.
“In Harlem, Some Back Bill Clinton’s Tactics” C13
In response to Bill Clinton’s involvement last week, a lot of people just think he’s doing what he’s got to do to back his wife. Even those who were angered by Bill’s remarks say that it’s understandable for a man to stand up for his spouse….but that he should back off and let the focus return to his wife, the one who’s running for president this time.
“Can a Sandwich be Slandered?” C1
Subway is suing Quiznos and iFilm for deliberately encouraging homemade videos from consumers showing Quiznos’ sandwiches being superior to Subway sandwiches. If they win, it could end a whole bunch of contests run in a similar way.
Wednesday, Jan. 30
“Financial Ties Cited as Issue in Spine Study” A1
Apparently an artificial spinal disk relieves lower back pain much more effectively than the traditional fused vertebrae. However, many of the researchers involved may profit substantially from the Prodisc success and may not have informed the FDA of the financial interests held by researchers. Patients are now wondering weather this surgery was recommended to help them or to help their doctors.
Thursday, Jan. 31
“Tainted Drugs Linked to Maker of Abortion Pill” A1
Chinese pharmaceutical company Shanghai Hualian is the sole provider of the abortion pill sold in the U.S. This company had one of its plants shut down after discovered contamination in Leukemia medication administered to hundreds of Chinese who are now left paralyzed. The FDA has assured Americans that the plant that produces the abortion pill has passed inspections in May, and that this issue has no link to the plant owned by the same company in a different plant. I think that China products are not inspected regularly or thoroughly enough to be sold in the U.S.
“One Eye on the Fish, the Other on North Korea” A4
North and South Korea have been trying to create joint fishing zones near Island Baengnyeong and four other South Korean islands. South Korea does not want to give up the waters because it provides supplies of fish and crabs to South Koreans. In 1999, North Korea declared a new border deep inside borders of Southern waters and have charged fees to Chinese fisherman so that they can fish there and they catch everything, depleting the seas that are supposed to be for South Koreans.
“Rebate Psychology” A27
This op-ed piece shows the difference that words make when offering a rebate vs. a bonus. The word rebate is typically money returned that has already been spent. The word bonus is typically extra money given to you. This rebate will appear to many people as returned income rather than extra income. Most people will probably spend it to get caught up on their bills rather than dump it in some retail store.
Friday, Feb. 1
“One on One, Democrats Set Aim at G.O.P.” A1
Talking about differences in health plans, immigration driver’s licenses, and that they get along great and compliment each other a lot.
“Second Lawmaker is Killed as Kenya’s Riots Intensify” A6
Another lawmaker was killed in Kenya during a riot. The Kenya people think it was politically motivated.
“FDA Finds Increase in Suicide Symptoms for Patients Using Seizure Medications” A13
Drugs for epilepsy, bipolar and mood problems doubles suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Depakote, Lamictal, Topamax, Keppra, Lyrica, and Neurontin are among the drugs that cause suicidal thoughts and behaviors. These risks are higher among epileptics than those treated for bipolar or mood problems.
Monday, Feb 4
“A Lebanese Diva, Performing in Syria, Creates Drama in More Ways Than One” A4
Diva Fayrouz performed “Sah el Nom” in Syria after more than 30 years. It is a piece about a cruel dictator. Fayrouz played the role of a woman who speaks truth to power and reforms the dictator. Many Syrians have viewed the performance as political symbols, even though she has performed “Sah el Nom” often in other places.
“US Says it Forces in Iraq Mistakenly Killed 9 Civilians” A10
Military forces killed 9 civilians in an attempt to strike at Al Qaeda members. Whoops, we did it again. Blame Bush.
“Male Circumcision No Aid to Women in Study” A12
Statistics show that male circumcision help reduce the transmission of aids to their female partners as long as they wait until the wound has healed properly.
Response to: “Taking Both Sides In DVD War,” Published Thursday, January 31, 2008.
The article “Taking Both Sides In DVD War,” from Thursday’s paper really caught my eye. The main idea of the article focuses on the battle between HD DVD playing decks and Blu-ray playing decks. I found it somewhat humorous when it stated near the beginning of the article that “…consumers aren’t touching the things.” Now, I usually consider myself a laggard when it comes to keeping up with purchasing new technology, especially with electronics; however, I suppose I fit right in with the majority of consumers when it comes to purchasing the HD and Blu-ray decks for high-definition movies.
Warner Brothers Entertainment is one of the biggest movie studios. They announced that, starting in June, they are only going to issue their movies in the Blu-ray format, instead of HD DVD. This means that, when this happens, three-quarters of all high-definition movies would be offered only in Blu-ray.
One reason that consumers are not purchasing these high-def decks for their DVDs is due to the war between Blu-ray and HD DVD. The author of this article planned on writing about the DVD player that can run both Blu-ray and HD DVD disks. He thought this might help solve the war between the two formats as well as leave consumers feeling “worry-free.” If consumers purchase one of these decks that can play both formats, maybe people wouldn’t be so hesitant to buy them.
Since Warner Brothers made their announcement, it would seem as if HD would just kind of drown-out and force Blu-ray to popularity. However, Toshiba, HD DVD’s inventor, is supposedly cutting prices of its players in half to persuade consumers that the format is still ‘in.’ They also plan to introduce an “enormous marketing blitz,” which stresses how “not yet dead it is.”
Considering there will still be movies made that will only be in HD DVD format, I think there’s a possibility of HD DVD sticking around for longer than expected. Popular titles including “Bee Movie” and “Beowulf” will be among the HD DVD collection.
I don’t have a collection of neither Blu-ray nor HD DVD movies lying around, so, I’d like to say this issue isn’t directly affecting me. However, it does make me more curious as to what will happen in the near future with this constant battle between the two formats. I can’t even image purchasing two different machines just to suffice my need of wanting to watch a certain movie. I also can’t see myself buying a dual-format deck because the cost is so high. I guess it’s cheaper to buy both a HD DVD player and a separate Blu-ray player than it is to purchase one combo-player. I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for the battle to end. Until something else is decided, I won’t be buying anything!
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I was really interested in the story about the American woman kidnapped in Kandahar and the 500 women who protested for her release. It was amazing because it is in such a conservative and dangerous area and for those women to do so, it is really awesome. You go girls
I was also intrigued by the woman who lives in the hobbit house. Her house was delightful. It is an amazing story, especially since she was a Connecticut housewife. It would be like if Martha Stewart decided to build her own house and have astro-turf.
1-31-08
The U.S. Envoy has stated that violence in Kenya has been ethic cleansing to drive people from their homes and that it is not necessarily genocide. Their plan is to push people out of the Rfit Valley to make it homogenous. The violence erupted from the elections, but it stems from ethnic tensions on power and wealth. So far over 800 have been killed in the violence and over 300,000 have been displaced. I watched a news video of Kenya on youtube and it showed men looking into the camera and raking machetes back and forth on the ground. It was very eerie to see, especially with what happened in Rwanda. Hopefully their will be peace negotiations and the violence will stop.
1-31-08 A21
There is an ad calling for money to help children affected with cleft lip and palate It was cool to see, because while any amount is accepted, $250 dollars pays for the surgery; as the Smile Train organization pays for the rest. It can take as little as 45 minutes to do the surgery and it will changed their lives. The work is done all over the world from China, India, Cambodia, Nigeria, and the Philippines. It happens in about 1/800 births, but I'm not sure that the children in some of these countries have access to medical care. It was a nice ad to see.
1-31-08 A8
Australia to Apologize to Aborigines for Past Mistreatment.
Has anyone seen the movie "Rabbit-Proof Fence." It is very good and it is a true story about A fourteen year-old Aborigine girl who is stolen from her mother and forced to a bording school. She escaped with her sister and traveled about 1,000 miles I believe, to get back home. It is any amazing true story about survival and strength and the social injustice. Anyway the article talked about how the government will apologize to the Aboriginal minority when Parliament convenes next month. The government will not be giving out compensation funds; however. The article discusses how tens of thousands of Aborigines died from disease, war, and dispossession after European settlement began in the late 18th century. Aborginies could not vote until 1962. According to the article, the lasting blame is based on policies of placing Aboriginal children with white families or boarding schools, as seen in "Rabbit-Proof Fence." The policy was not abandoned until 1969. Not unlike what the United States did to Native American children. It is very sad what happened, being taken away from your family, your values, your heritage.
2-1-08 A21
Release of Grand Jury Files Is Sought in Rosenberg Atomic Spy Case.
I barely remember this from history class, but it is a very interesting story. It's a defining Cold War-era criminal case and now that it has been over 50 years, historians are asking for the transcripts as withholding them can no longer be based on security. The group that is fighting for the papers is using the Freedom of Information Act to challenge government secrecy. It will be interesting to see what happens. I believe Germany has also opened up archives on holocaust victims, hopefully that will help bring some resolution and give us answers to our questions.
2-1-08 B30
Bert Williams
I am a huge fan of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, but I have never heard of Bert Williams. He was a vaudeville comedian and is considered America's first black star. W.C. Fields called him, "The funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew." He broke vaudeville's color line and also made a few movies. I'm excited to see some of his films!
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