20080617 Newspaper Editorial Comment

20080617, NY Times, Karl E Meyer, "Another Bad Deal for Baghdad"

20080617, NY Times, David Brooks, "The Frozen Gaze"

20080617, NY Times, Bob Herbert, "The Man in the Room"

20080617, NY Times, Tony Horwitz, "Leader of the Pack"

20080617, NY Times, editorial, "The Genocide Continues"

20080617, NY Times, editorial, "A Better System for Young Offenders"

20080617, NY Times, editorial, "R.I.P. to the SUV"

20080617, NY Times, ed ob/Adam Cohen, "After 75 Years, the Working Poor Still Struggle for a Fair Wage"

20080617, NY Times, Letters to the Editor

20080617, NY Times, Karl E Meyer, "Another Bad Deal for Baghdad"

Op-ed evocative of colonial and post colonial affairs in today's Bagdad viz the current pact (a sub treaty document) to continue legitimating the US' role in Iraq when the UN mandate expires.

20080617, NY Times, David Brooks, "The Frozen Gaze"

Meditation on Tiger Woods as an icon of concentration for a distracted age.

20080617, NY Times, Bob Herbert, "The Man in the Room"

An op-ed on friendship: the supporting role of best friends embodied by a testicular cancer sufferer and tended by his friend who in turn became a deaf paraplegic as a US soldier in the Iraq war, who was then supported by his friend. Notably laconic but emotionally well tuned article on best friends

20080617, NY Times, Tony Horwitz, "Leader of the Pack"

Sort of an epic jaunt of light quick witted mockery recommending that Barack Obama start smoking cigarettes again. Mentioning demographics of smokers and anti-smokers, Obama's wife's political position, discussing possible brands with a Tareyton wink upon Hillary/ Bill comic twists. Easy to identify (for a ex-smoker myself) the author of this op-ed delightfully immersed in politics and cigarette smoke mentally jousting with superb dexterity: bravo!