We tortured to justify war Newsletter - May 23, 2009

We tortured to justify war Newsletter - May 23, 2009

“The single most pertinent question that Dick Cheney is never asked -- at least not by the admiring interviewers he has encountered so far -- is whether he, Donald Rumsfeld, and George W. Bush used torture to justify the illegal invasion of Iraq. As he tours television studios, radio stations and conservative think tanks, the former vice-president hopes to persuade America that only waterboarding kept us safe for seven years.” Joe Conason

We tortured to justify war - Dick Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation" was used to stop imminent attacks, but evidence is mounting that the real reason was to invent evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida. Yet evidence is mounting that under Cheney’s direction, "enhanced interrogation" was not used exclusively to prevent imminent acts of terror or collect actionable intelligence -- the aims that he constantly emphasizes -- but to invent evidence that would link al-Qaida with Saddam Hussein and connect the late Iraqi dictator to the 9/11 attacks. By Joe Conason. Copyright by Salon.com. May 18, 2009 http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/14/cheney/

Cheney, Master of Pain By MAUREEN DOWD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 16, 2009. Dick Cheney has done many dastardly things. But presiding over policies so saturnine that they ended up putting the liberal speaker from San Francisco on the hot seat about torture may be one of his proudest achievements. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/opinion/17dowd.html?th&emc=th

22 Percent And Out Of Ideas By Harold Meyerson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, May 22, 2009. The dizzying downward spiral of the Republican Party continues apace. Yesterday, the Pew Research Center released a survey showing that the percentage of Americans who answer to the name Republican is down to 22 percent -- about as low as a party can go in a two-party system. Also yesterday, former vice president Dick Cheney delivered a prolonged defense of "enhanced interrogation techniques" even as President Obama, speaking alongside the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution at the National Archives, repudiated torture and spelled out the toll that the torture tactics used by the Bush-Cheney administration inflicted on America's standing in the world. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/21/AR2009052103759.html

Steele, but No Magnet By Kathleen Parker. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, May 20, 2009. It's not yet clear how the one-armed-midget demographic is shaping up, but everybody else seems to be bailing on the GOP. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/19/AR2009051902839.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Obama vs Cheney: A (Polling) Mismatch from the Start By Chris Cillizza. Copyright by the Washington Post. May 21, 2009 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/white-house/obama-vs-cheney-a-polling-mism.html?hpid=topnews

Cheney Grabs a Third Term By MAUREEN DOWD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 19, 2009. Dick and Rummy are at Cafe Milano in Georgetown, holding court. The maître d’ fawns. Waiters hover. Tourists snap pics on their digital cameras. Cable chatterers stop by to ingratiate themselves. It isn’t so much that Dick and Rummy are back. It’s that they never left. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/opinion/20dowd.html?th&emc=th

Cheney Lost to Bush By DAVID BROOKS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 21, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/opinion/22brooks.html?th&emc=th

Ridge disagrees with Cheney By Alexander Mooney. Copyright by CNN News. May 22, 2009 Posted: 03:52 PM ET http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/22/ridge-i-disagree-with-cheney/

Olbermann Calls Dick Cheney 'As Insane As Any Terrorists http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/05/22/olbermann-calls-cheney-insane-any-terrorist

Cheney Seeks Book Deal on Bush Years and More By JIM RUTENBERG and MOTOKO RICH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 22, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/23/us/politics/23cheney.html?th&emc=th


International

Russia and US restart nuclear arsenal talks - May provide breakthrough in effort to ‘reset’ relations By Charles Clover and Isabel Gorst in Moscow and Daniel Dombey in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 19 2009 11:39 | Last updated: May 19 2009 17:53 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/561d8f26-445d-11de-82d6-00144feabdc0.html

German investor confidence at 3-year high By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 19 2009 11:06 | Last updated: May 19 2009 14:35 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c54e16c0-445a-11de-82d6-00144feabdc0.html

BoJ upgrades economic prospects- Export hopes fuel upbeat tone By Mure Dickie in Tokyo. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 22 2009 12:36 | Last updated: May 22 2009 16:24. The Bank of Japan upgraded its assessment of the world’s second largest economy for the first time in nearly three years on Friday, saying exports and production were beginning to bottom out and the effects of state stimulus spending should soon begin to kick in. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a62e50a-46c4-11de-923e-00144feabdc0.html

Japan’s economy shrinks record 4% - Green shoots persist despite GDP slump By Mure Dickie in Tokyo. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 20 2009 02:25 | Last updated: May 20 2009 04:11 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c98f367e-44dc-11de-82d6-00144feabdc0.html

Rebels Routed in Sri Lanka After 25 Years of War By SOMINI SENGUPTA and SETH MYDANS. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: May 17, 2009. The ethnic Tamil separatist rebels of Sri Lanka, one of the world’s most feared and enduring guerrilla movements, acknowledged Sunday that their war of more than a quarter-century for a homeland had “reached its bitter end.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/world/asia/18lanka.html?th&emc=th



China

The China Puzzle By DAVID LEONHARDT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 13, 2009. On Timothy Geithner’s first day as a Dartmouth freshman, while he was walking across campus on his way to register for classes in the fall of 1979, he heard a man speaking Thai — swearing in Thai, to be precise — from a balcony. Geithner found this amusing, because only a couple of months before, he left his home in Thailand, where his father worked for the Ford Foundation, to move to Hanover, N.H. So he stopped to talk to the man, who turned out to be David Keenan, a Chinese teacher at Dartmouth. The two quickly realized that they had a lot in common; among other things they attended the same schools, about a decade apart, in Bangkok and Delhi. (The cause of Keenan’s swearing, alas, has been lost to history.) Having established a rapport, Keenan then decided to do a little salesmanship. He urged Geithner to take Chinese, the only Asian language that Dartmouth offered at the time. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/magazine/17china-t.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

China calls on rich countries to cut emissions By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 21 2009 11:11 | Last updated: May 21 2009 11:11. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7a79142-45ee-11de-803f-00144feabdc0.html

China tempts consumers with discounts By Kathrin Hille in Beijing and Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 19 2009 13:27 | Last updated: May 19 2009 14:26. China is offering consumers a 10 per cent subsidy for buying new television sets, washing machines, air conditioners and computers, in a sign that Beijing remains wary over the prospects of an economic rebound. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28e1a20e-4462-11de-82d6-00144feabdc0.html

Beijing Auto signals Opel interest - Chinese carmaker faces three rival bids By John Reed in London and Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 22 2009 11:42 | Last updated: May 22 2009 11:42. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d918216-46ba-11de-923e-00144feabdc0.html


Mess-o-potamia

World Watches for U.S. Shift on Mideast By HELENE COOPER. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: May 16, 2009. Five weeks ago, President Obama stood before the Turkish legislature in Ankara and said many Americans had Muslims in their families or had lived in a Muslim-majority country. “I know,” he said, “because I am one of them.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/us/politics/17prexy.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Obama Tells Netanyahu He Has an Iran Timetable By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/world/middleeast/19prexy.html?th&emc=th

Iran ‘launches advanced missile’ - 2,000km range likely to rouse more concern in west © Reuters Limited. May 20, 2009. TEHRAN, May 20 - Iran successfully launched a surface-to-surface missile with a range of about 2,000 km (1,250 miles) on Wednesday, the official IRNA news agency reported. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3fe7fd4e-451c-11de-b6c8-00144feabdc0.html

Iraq Bombings Shatter Lull By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and ATHEER KAKAN. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: May 21, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/world/middleeast/22iraq.html?ref=global-home


National

Washington Post Editorial: Mr. Obama's War? No. Like it or not, it's America's war. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, May 17, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/16/AR2009051601844.html

Washington Post Editorial: The Bounds of War - President Obama sketches a legal framework that's been absent since the Sept. 11 attacks.. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, May 22, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/21/AR2009052103483.html

New York Times Editorial: The Real Path to Security. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 21, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/opinion/22fri1.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Advocacy Groups Seek Disbarment of Ex-Bush Administration Lawyers By SCOTT SHANE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/us/19detain.html?th&emc=th

Blow for Obama plan to close Guantánamo By Andrew Ward and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 21 2009 00:40 | Last updated: May 21 2009 00:40 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f097f7e-4595-11de-b6c8-00144feabdc0.html

Detainees May Go to U.S., Obama Says By DAVID STOUT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 21, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/us/politics/22obama.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Sting operation foils New York terror plot By Harvey Morris in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 21 2009 06:33 | Last updated: May 21 2009 06:33 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30eee4aa-45c7-11de-803f-00144feabdc0.html

Police Say Suspects in N.Y. Bomb Plot Acted Alone By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ and SEWELL CHAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 21, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/nyregion/22terror.html?ref=global-home

NY terror suspects to appear in court By Harvey Morris in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 21 2009 16:20 | Last updated: May 21 2009 16:20 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bcaa08a8-4617-11de-803f-00144feabdc0.html

New York times Editorial: Equal Pay for Women Denied, Again. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 20, 2009. The Supreme Court keeps finding ways to deny women equal pay and benefits. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/opinion/21thu3.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Obama Set to Approve New Rules for Credit Cards By Nancy Trejos and Debbi Wilgoren. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, May 22, 2009; 10:10 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052200430.html?hpid=topnews

California voters strike down tax measures - Defeat of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bid to curb deficit By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 19 2009 20:19 | Last updated: May 20 2009 07:42 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/352d96b2-44a8-11de-82d6-00144feabdc0.html



Chicagoland

Chicago Tribune Editorial - Tell them, Governor. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. May 19, 2009. If only the governor of Illinois understood that he needs to stop letting himself be buffeted by the mighty power-turbines of Springfield that desperately want to survive this legislative session intact. When he ought to be setting this state's agenda by urging its people to talk with their legislators, Pat Quinn instead . . . reacts. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0519edit1may19,0,56311.story

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial - State polls all talk, no action on reform. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. May 22, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1586269,CST-EDT-edit22a.article

Chicago Tribune Editorial - You call this reform? Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. May 22, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0522edit1may22,0,3468772.story

Chicago Tribune Editorial - How it works. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. May 22, 2009. It's crunch time in Springfield, that special season when good intentions fall by the wayside and late starters burst onto the scene and streak across the finish line. Anything can happen. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0522edit2may22,0,3861989.story

Chicago Tribune Editorial - Loving Stroger's tax. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. May 20, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0520edit1may20,0,1895904.story

Cook County sales tax hike to stay in place as commissioners fail to override Stroger's veto Posted by Hal Dardick. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. May 19, 2009 http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/05/stroger-tax-vote-today.html

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Stroger has failed to lead. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. May 20, 2009. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1581773,CST-EDT-edit20b.article

Veto Stands, but can Stroger? - Cook County doesn't kill tax hike, so issue lives for campaign By Hal Dardick. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. May 20, 2009
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-cook-county-tax-vote-20-may20,0,2075514.story

Time for Preckwinkle to finish off Stroger BY LAURA WASHINGTON. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. May 18, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/1578812,CST-EDT-laura18.article


Your Lack of Money

Wider Confidence Lifts Economy From Winter's Deep, Dark Freeze By Neil Irwin and David Cho. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, May 21, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/20/AR2009052003816.html?hpid=topnews

Lowe’s optimistic on US economy By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 18 2009 14:03 | Last updated: May 18 2009 16:07 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bfdfd1de-43aa-11de-a9be-00144feabdc0.html

Home Depot quarterly sales down 9.7% - Customers are ‘still under pressure’ By Jonathan Birchall and Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 19 2009 13:19 | Last updated: May 19 2009 15:28 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/34d15472-446e-11de-82d6-00144feabdc0.html

New US weekly jobless claims ease By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 21 2009 14:31 | Last updated: May 21 2009 14:31 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f520eefe-4608-11de-803f-00144feabdc0.html

Surprise profit launches Sears shares. Copyright by The Associated Press. 9:40 AM CDT, May 22, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sears-earnings-credit-line-may21,0,5227146.story

US banks scramble to repay bail-out cash - Five or six lenders to be allowed priority By Francesco Guerrera in New York and Krishna Guha in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 18 2009 22:25 | Last updated: May 19 2009 00:33 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8557f30-43ef-11de-a9be-00144feabdc0.html

Citigroup looks to slash tech costs - Integration could save more than $1bn By Francesco Guerrera in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 21 2009 22:53 | Last updated: May 21 2009 23:09 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/24808782-462b-11de-803f-00144feabdc0.html

Lloyds plans £4bn share placing By Lina Saigol, George Parker and Peter Thal Larsen. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 17 2009 12:50 | Last updated: May 18 2009 14:02 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a47aef4-42cf-11de-b793-00144feabdc0.html

New York Times Editorial: So Far So Good. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 17, 2009. Less than three weeks after Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection, it looks as if the Obama administration will pull off its goal of completing the carmaker’s restructuring by June, allowing it to emerge as a smaller, more viable contender in the global auto market. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/opinion/18mon1.html?th&emc=th

G.M. and Union Reach Deal on Contract Changes By NICK BUNKLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 21, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/business/22auto.html?hp

BA plunges to record £401m loss - Airline scraps dividend By Kevin Done, Aerospace Correspondent. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 22 2009 08:22 | Last updated: May 22 2009 15:46 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4abb7680-46a0-11de-923e-00144feabdc0.html

Deere quarterly profits fall by 38% - Weak construction spending saps sales By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 20 2009 13:39 | Last updated: May 20 2009 15:35 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cdc9519a-4539-11de-b6c8-00144feabdc0.html

Private equity consortium wins BankUnited auction - Largest US bank failure this year By Henny Sender in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 21 2009 23:16 | Last updated: May 22 2009 00:24 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d53fe756-4654-11de-803f-00144feabdc0.html

Shell investors reject pay plans - 59.4% of shareholders vote against remuneration report By Michael Steen in The Hague. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 19 2009 15:31 | Last updated: May 19 2009 15:31. Shareholders voted against approving the executive pay policies of Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday, giving the energy company a clear signal it had not done enough to address remuneration concerns that dominated proceedings at its annual meeting for a second year. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/682182cc-4480-11de-82d6-00144feabdc0.html




Commodities

Dollar hits five-month low - Fears mount over US debt By Peter Garnham. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 22 2009 10:56 | Last updated: May 22 2009 17:03 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cdecffaa-46b0-11de-923e-00144feabdc0.html

Gold jewellery demand sinks as slump bites - Investment flows boost overall demand By Chris Flood. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 20 2009 11:36 | Last updated: May 20 2009 17:48 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b69a3bf4-4522-11de-b6c8-00144feabdc0.html


Housing

US housing starts plunge to record low - New home construction falls by 12.8% By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 19 2009 14:07 | Last updated: May 19 2009 14:58 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4ec2895e-4474-11de-82d6-00144feabdc0.html

COMING OUT A WINNER WHEN SELLING YOUR HOUSE by Roger V. McCaffrey-Boss. Copyright by Gay Chicago Magazine and Roger V. McCaffrey-Boss. May 21-27, 2009 http://www.gaychicagomagazine.com/advice/legallyspeaking.shtml

Mortgage rates tick up; 30-year at 5.24% By Mary Ellen Podmolik. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. 8:54 AM CDT, May 21, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-mortgage-rates-may21,0,6666585.story


GLBT

Gay-Marriage Issue Awaits Court Pick - Same-Sex Unions Supplant Abortion As Social Priority for Conservatives By Shailagh Murray. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, May 17, 2009. As President Obama prepares to name his first Supreme Court justice, conservatives in Washington are making clear that his nominee will face plenty of questions during the confirmation process on the legal underpinnings of same-sex marriage. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/16/AR2009051602363.html?hpid=topnews

Gay marriage caught fire after NH House reversal By Norma Love. Copyright by The Associated Press. May 20, 2009 http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3502

Gay Marriage Slow to Draw an Opposition in N.Y. By JEREMY W. PETERS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 19, 2009. ALBANY — Assemblyman Dov Hikind of Brooklyn was feeling distressed. The State Assembly had just voted to legalize same-sex marriage, after gay rights groups flooded the Legislature with visits, phone calls and e-mail messages. Where, he wanted to know, was the other side? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/nyregion/20marriage.html?th&emc=th

Views: Gay rights after Obama's first 100 days by Carlos T. Mock, M.D. Copyright by Windy City Times. 2009-05-20 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=21224

May 20, 2009: Gay Marriage Is Bad for Small Business http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=228028&title=Gay-Marriage-Is-Bad-for-Small-Business

How 'Idol' invigorated dialogue on gay issues By Joe Garofoli. Copyright by The San Francisco Chronicle. May 21, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0521-idol-lambertmay21,0,4703923.story

Midlife Crisis #263: St. Sukie the Anti-Christ By St. Sukie de la Croix. Copyright by Chicago Free Press. May 20, 2009. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3518

Outrage-Trailer Opening in a theater near you! http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=81773679505&h=3Zsow&u=xI7Db&ref=mf



Environment

New York Times Editorial: The Earth Wins One. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 19, 2009. The nationwide automobile mileage and emissions standards announced by President Obama on Tuesday represent a huge step forward in the effort to limit greenhouse gases and reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. They also represent a departure from the Bush administration’s indifference on these issues and an important down payment on Mr. Obama’s pledge to fashion an aggressive and imaginative energy policy http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/opinion/20weds1.html?th&emc=th

Obama to Toughen Rules on Emissions and Mileage By JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/business/19emissions.html?th&emc=th



Religion

Who Is a Real Catholic? By David Gibson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, May 17, 2009. All you need to know to diagnose the state of the Catholic Church in America today is that Pope Benedict XVI -- who has a knack for ticking off Muslims and Jews -- spent the past week wandering the Middle East, yet Catholics here barely noticed. They were too busy fighting over Barack Obama's appearance as commencement speaker at Notre Dame or arguing about the fate of a popular Miami priest known as "Father Oprah," who was caught on camera sharing a seaside embrace with his girlfriend. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/15/AR2009051501390.html

At Notre Dame, Obama Calls for Civil Tone in Abortion Debate By PETER BAKER and SUSAN SAULNY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/us/politics/18obama.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

He Came, He Spoke, He Conquered - THIS CATHOLIC'S VIEW By Thomas J. Reese, S.J. Copyright by The Washington Post. MAY 17, 2009; 5:15 PM ET. President Obama's reception at Notre Dame showed once again that a new generation of Americans, including Catholics, is looking for a different kind of leader, not one who speaks down to his audience, demands strict loyalty and demonizes opponents, but one who addresses complexity with honesty, acknowledges disagreements and tries to bring people together for the common good. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/georgetown/2009/05/he_came_he_spoke_he_conquered.html?hpid=talkbox1

Report Details Abuses in Irish Church-Run Reformatories By SHARON OTTERMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 20, 2009. A commission investigating child abuse in Ireland’s Roman Catholic-run state orphanages, reformatories and schools released a scathing report on Wednesday, documenting widespread physical, sexual and emotional abuse of thousands of children over 60 years. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/world/europe/21ireland.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Dan Brown’s America By ROSS DOUTHAT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 18, 2009. The movie treatment of his novel, “Angels and Demons,” is cleaning up at the box office this week. The sequel to “The DaVinci Code,” due out in November, might buoy the publishing industry through the recession. And if you want to understand the state of American religion, you need to understand why so many people love Dan Brown. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/opinion/19douthat.html?th&emc=th


Technical

A Book Grab by Google - A court could give the search-engine giant a frightening monopoly. By Brewster Kahle. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, May 19, 2009. A court in the Southern District of New York will soon make a decision that could determine our digital future. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/18/AR2009051802637.html

New Mood in Antitrust May Target Google By STEVE LOHR and MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/technology/companies/18antitrust.html?th&emc=th

The Race to Provide Wi-Fi at 30,000 Feety By JOE SHARKEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/business/19road.html?th&emc=th

Cellphone Makers Hope for a Blockbuster Summer By MATT RICHTEL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/technology/18phone.html?th&emc=th

Palm’s New Smartphone Goes on Sale on June 6. Copyright By REUTERS. Published: May 19, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/technology/companies/20palm.html?th&emc=th


Medical

Chicago Free Press Editorial: We’re all adults here. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. May 20, 2009. President Obama last week announced that Dr. Thomas Frieden will be leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Frieden, who for seven years has headed up New York City’s health department for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has received both accolades and criticism for how he gets things done. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3510

US health reforms focus on cost control - Interview with budget chief Peter Orszag By Krishna Guha and Edward Luce in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 22 2009 00:05 | Last updated: May 22 2009 00:05. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7c5e714-4639-11de-803f-00144feabdc0.html

Access to flu vaccine ‘will fall short’ - WHO warns of global shortage By Andrew Jack in London and Frances Williams in Geneva. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 19 2009 14:11 | Last updated: May 19 2009 14:11 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a27003a-446d-11de-82d6-00144feabdc0.html

First Death for Washington Assisted-Suicide Law By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 22, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/23/us/23suicide.html?_r=1&th&emc=th



Other

47 million years old and still dazzling - The most complete primate fossil ever found is unveiled with fanfare at a New York museum. Researchers say it could be a missing link in human evolution. By Thomas H. Maugh II and Tina Susman. Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times. May 20, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-sci-primate20-2009may20,0,6843535.story



Humor

On The View, Goldberg calls Beck "lying sack of dog mess" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2FK2vchoEo

Definitions by Gender http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/05/definitions-by-gender.html


New! Carlos now has an online store. Order your books directly from Carlos and have them signed and dedicated.http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/



In Pride (orgullo),


Carlos T. Mock, MD
www.carlostmock.com  
Author: Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey - Floricanto Press 2003.
Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT
Round Table.
Author: The Mosaic Virus – Floricanto Press 2007.  Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
Author: Author: Papi Chulo – Floricanto Press 2007.  Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation