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A remarkable op ed on gay marriage
I slept with a gay man for six months in Afghanistan. No one asked. He did not tell. So begins A Marine silent no longer on gay marriage, a Washington Post op ed by Roger Dean Huffstetler, a former Marine Corps sergeant, who is also a serious Southern Baptist. He talks about TWO men who he thought he knew well who are gay, a fellow Marine Sergeant and a childhood friend. Of the first, Sergeant Sa
My yoga teacher had a stroke
Greg Marzullo is one of the best teachers of anything I have ever seen. Perhaps that is why his classes at Flow Yoga Center on P Street NW in DC and elsewhere are always jammed. I study with him at Flow, have studied with him at Extend Yoga in North Bethesda, near where he and his husband Jordan live. He has an incisive intelligence, uses humor and music exceedingly well in his teaching. Friday
APR 03
We’re Not No. 1! We’re Not No. 1!
That is the title of this this Nicholas Kristof op ed in today's New York Times It examines the result of the Social Progress Index, which is a brainchild of Michael E. Porter, the eminent Harvard business professor who earlier helped develop the Global Competitiveness Report. Porter is a Republican whose work, until now, has focused on economic metrics. Porter told Kristof that he became increa
APR 02
Charles Koch responds to Harry Reid - sort of -
in a very self-serving way, in this Wall Street Journal op ed. I said it was self-serving. It is also self-justifying. It begins like this I have devoted most of my life to understanding the principles that enable people to improve their lives. It is those principles—the principles of a free society—that have shaped my life, my family, our company and America itself. Unfortunately, the fundamenta
MAR 30
A different approach to education
By now, most people interested in education and international comparisons among countries is aware both that Finland performs very well on such comparisons while the US does not - although a large part of the difference is because we have far more economic inequity. Pasi Sahlberg is internationally known for his work on education, both in Finland, where among other things he was a former Director
MAR 29
The reality of Global Climate Change - as seen in Bangladesh
“There are a lot of places in the world at risk from rising sea levels, but Bangladesh is at the top of everybody’s list,” said Rafael Reuveny, a professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University at Bloomington. “And the world is not ready to cope with the problems.” The effects of climate change have led to a growing sense of outrage in developing nations, many of