Hello everyone, how are things going where you are? The weekend seemed painfully short for me this time, although I really would have a lot of things to rest upon both at work and in life. Maybe some other time. Progress on Syria was so fast this week, that even yesterday’s articles seem outdated. Unfortunately, dynamism does not equal improvement. Nevertheless, I came accross a few good reads. On world affairs: Did The World Just Legitimize The Assad Regime It Spent Years Discrediting? I start with this, because this is actually a really good point. Does the international community…
I finally got around to watch last Monday’s discussion of the Kofi Annan Dialogues. This time the topic was Young People’s Priorities for the Post 2015 Global Development Agenda. Mr. Annan once again emphasized his belief in young people’s role in forming our future and working towards the fulfilment of all the important development goals. Visit http://dialogueslive.kofiannanfoundation.org/ to take part in the online poll about the topic.
newshour: On NewsHour Weekend tonight: Hari Sreenivasan talks to Charlie Rose about his exclusive interview with Bashar al-Assad, in which Assad tells Rose he is preparing for a U.S. strike. Listen to AUDIO of the full conversation.
It’s International Literacy Day! Again, this is a cause very close to my heart. Literacy, reading, the right to education and education in general. “This year’s International Literacy Day is dedicated to “literacies for the 21st century” to highlight the need to realize “basic literacy skills for all” as well as equip everyone with more advanced literacy skills as part of lifelong learning.” Click the image to learn more!
Sunday afternoon wisdom from Kid President. 🙂 claudiagray: How many years before I can vote for this child?
Happy Sunday! I hope you are all having a great weekend! Again, I was quite busy at work this past week,as the number of new posts show. I am going to have to work out a new schedule for blogging to be able to keep this thing going. Thanks for everyone for sticking around and a warm welcome to all my new followers! Most of the world affairs news are still on Syria. There were two major events this week, the G20 summit and the EU Foreign Ministers Council, but still only guesses on the possible interveniton. We will probably…
theatlantic: Yes, Congress Can Authorize War Without Formally ‘Declaring’ It Contemporary Americans almost never read the Constitution. Instead, we seize on individual magic-sounding words (“declare war,” “natural born,” “keep and bear,” etc.). I’ve spent the last three years studying the text, and it seems to me that, even in a crisis, we might want to read the words with the care we’d bring to, say, the instructions for assembling an Ikea wardrobe. Read more. [Image: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]
Happy September, people! How do you feel about fall approaching? I am half sad and half happy as always at this time of the year. Summer is my absolute favorite season, I love the hot weather and oh how I will miss my summer wardrobe! 🙂 But then I am also eagerly waiting for ‘the season’ to begin and for things to re-accelerate. We could call this one a Syria special issue since the news and world affairs blog posts were all about Syria this week. I found some really good analysis among them. On world affairs: Congratulations President Obama…
breakingnews: Obama to seek congressional approval for military action in Syria President Obama will seek approval from US Congress for military action in Syria, he announced Saturday from the White House Rose Garden. “We are the United States of America,” Obama said. “We cannot turn a blind eye to what happened in Damascus.” Follow the latest at Breaking News. Photo: NBC News
9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask I’ve never imagined there could be anything entertaining written about Syria at this point, but this one is the best I’ve read so far. Informative and entertaining at the same time.
