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Global interconnections come to mind today what with the G-20 summit meeting in New York. China and the United States are getting along. Uncle Sam and Mother Russia smile at each other. With a few glaring exceptions from bandits, rebels, separatists and jihadists there are encouraging signs of an emerging global village. I wish there [...] Continue reading G-20 I just spent some time in Colorado and as I waited at Denver’s magnificent airport I remembered a story about a slow news day. Back in 1899 the four major Denver Colorado newspapers sent reporters to cover a story in South Denver. The newsmen decided it was a dull story; they would like to make [...] Continue reading A Slow News Day What a day today is! On this day: President Obama has more meetings in Russia. He did sign an agreement in principle to cut each nuclear arsenal by one quarter. The media, seemingly all the media, will broadcast the memorial service of pop star Michael Jackson. I don’t deny the greatness of Michael Jackson. I [...] Continue reading Tuesday While Waiting © 2009 Rolland G. Smith Low conversations, a viscous din, nothing completely understood.A word here, some laughter there and the smothered tone of silver on china.Tiny flames flicker in tall translucent crucibles. Their frail light competes for ceiling space amid a limpid bright of mood.They loose! Alabaster sconces dimly light thin posts that [...] Continue reading Waiting For Someone May 4th. It is a sad day in American history. It is a distasteful memory and inimical to the liberty for which we stand. However, there are profound lessons in the remembering. 1970 Kent State, a college in Ohio. It was a time of great tension and confrontation in this country over our involvement in [...] Continue reading Kent State Here it is Monday night in the Western Hemisphere. In the last 24 hours people have died from the tornadoes ravaging the Southeastern United States. It is a sad and tragic time for the American’s whose loved one’s have died and we should do everything we can to comfort them, because they are our national [...] Continue reading Global Pain and Tragedy Come on China! You are a great culture. You are a proud people. You have a history worthy of study. You, like all great countries, make mistakes in the daily administration of your vast country and in the illusion that the same rules work for everybody. O’ Great China, why are you mad at the [...] Continue reading China |
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Syria’s Carnage
How many deaths must the world not know about before the reasonable authorities of the world condemn China and Russia for letting the Syrian regime kill, murder, maim and wound their citizens under the guise of civil control? China and Russia vetoed any help the United Nations might offer the people of Syria. China and [...]
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