Say it isn’t so! Pop icon Michael Jackson dies of a heart attack at age 50. So much music left in him. Too young to die. I remember how excited we were hopping in big buses 25 years ago on July 16, 1984 and going en masse from Wichita to Kansas City for the opening [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Michael Jackson Dies
Posted: June 25, 2009 in Aging, Arts and Culture, Media, Midlife, Music, News, News and Views, Random ThoughtsTags: Death, Heart Attack, Kansas City, Michael Jackson, Victory Tour, Wichita
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Fighting for Neda
Posted: June 24, 2009 in Children, Human Rights, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, Middle East, News, News and Views, Parenting, Politics, Random Thoughts, Violence, WomenTags: $3000, Bullet Fee, Human Rights, Iran, Iran Crackdown, Kaveh Alipour, Neda, Nobel Prize, Protests, Shirin Ebadi, Tehran
Blessings to Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi, who has courageously offered to represent the family of Neda, the young woman shot by snipers during a protest on the streets of Tehran. Perhaps she will also represent the parents of Kaveh Alipour who were told they must pay the Iranian government a $3000 bullet [...]
River Jordan: Conflict and Cooperation
Posted: June 17, 2009 in Economy, Environment, Judaism, Media, Middle East, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Politics, Religion, TravelTags: 1967, Azariyah, Christians, Conflict, Cooperation, Dead Sea, Friends of the Earth Middle East, Gidon Bromberg, Green Line, Israel, Jericho, Jews, Jordan, Ma'aleh Adumim, Mevesseret Adumim, Middle East, Munqeth Mehyar, Muslims, Nadeer Khateeb, Palestine, Peace, River Jordan, Sea of Galilee, Settlements, Six Day War, Syria, Weeam Iriqat, West Bank, World Bank
In the Middle East, water is a source of conflict and an opportunity for peace. From the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea and all along the River Jordan there is a need for cooperation over water. In the mountain aquifer under West Bank settlements there is conflict over its allocation. In fact, the [...]
