The Flashlight, August 25-31, 2007
THE FLASHLIGHT, August 25-31, 2007
World
Mother Theresa
CBS 8-26. The diaries of Mother Theresa have disclosed that for fifty years, up to her death, she no longer believed in God and was depressed about it. She wrote that if God did not exist, Jesus was dead, and she had no soul.
A New Rock Star
Guardian 8-28. The world’s biggest diamond has been discovered in a secret location in South Africa. After it is cut it will be worth millions.
Greece
CNN 8-25. Over half of Greece has been swept by wild fires. Attempts to fight them are meager. Arsonists are suspected. 46 people have burned to death.
Afghanistan
CBS 8-26. A bumper crop of opium, 90% of the world’s supply, is being harvested here this year. The struggle against it has failed.
Iraq
Guardian 8-27. Prime Minister Maliki and Vice Presidents Talabani and al-Hashemi have agree to ease restricts on former Baathists entering the government. They also agree to release all persons detained without charge.
Turkey
Guardian 8-28. Abdullah Gul has been elected President of Turkey. He has promised to maintain the current separation between mosque and state.
United States
NYTimes 8-27. Albert Gonzales resigned as US Attorney General, yielding to widespread pressure.
` CNN 8-29. 326,000 citizens of the New Orleans are suing the US Corps of Engineers for faulty construction of the levees.
NY Times 8-29. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho (R) has been removed from all committee assignments and is under pressure to resign on account of a homosexual incident in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. The other party was an undercover cop. This was not the first incident of its kind for Craig. He proclaims himself a “family values” man in a state with a big Mormon population.
Book Review
John Mearsheimer and Steven Walt, The Israel Lobby. New York, Farrar Straus, 2007. To be published September 4.
The first review of this long expected book appeared in the New Yorker this week. David Remnick was the reviewer. The thesis of the book is that the unconditional support that the US has given Israel in the last sixty years has not been in the national interest. The reviewer tries to be balanced, but feels that the book is a “phenomenon of the moment,” since people in the US are generally frustrated with the situation in the Middle East.
There will little doubt be many more reviews and much discussion of the work.
World
Mother Theresa
CBS 8-26. The diaries of Mother Theresa have disclosed that for fifty years, up to her death, she no longer believed in God and was depressed about it. She wrote that if God did not exist, Jesus was dead, and she had no soul.
A New Rock Star
Guardian 8-28. The world’s biggest diamond has been discovered in a secret location in South Africa. After it is cut it will be worth millions.
Greece
CNN 8-25. Over half of Greece has been swept by wild fires. Attempts to fight them are meager. Arsonists are suspected. 46 people have burned to death.
Afghanistan
CBS 8-26. A bumper crop of opium, 90% of the world’s supply, is being harvested here this year. The struggle against it has failed.
Iraq
Guardian 8-27. Prime Minister Maliki and Vice Presidents Talabani and al-Hashemi have agree to ease restricts on former Baathists entering the government. They also agree to release all persons detained without charge.
Turkey
Guardian 8-28. Abdullah Gul has been elected President of Turkey. He has promised to maintain the current separation between mosque and state.
United States
NYTimes 8-27. Albert Gonzales resigned as US Attorney General, yielding to widespread pressure.
` CNN 8-29. 326,000 citizens of the New Orleans are suing the US Corps of Engineers for faulty construction of the levees.
NY Times 8-29. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho (R) has been removed from all committee assignments and is under pressure to resign on account of a homosexual incident in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. The other party was an undercover cop. This was not the first incident of its kind for Craig. He proclaims himself a “family values” man in a state with a big Mormon population.
Book Review
John Mearsheimer and Steven Walt, The Israel Lobby. New York, Farrar Straus, 2007. To be published September 4.
The first review of this long expected book appeared in the New Yorker this week. David Remnick was the reviewer. The thesis of the book is that the unconditional support that the US has given Israel in the last sixty years has not been in the national interest. The reviewer tries to be balanced, but feels that the book is a “phenomenon of the moment,” since people in the US are generally frustrated with the situation in the Middle East.
There will little doubt be many more reviews and much discussion of the work.
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