This starkly beautiful, almost surreal image is of a building in a ghost town in the deserts of Namibia. I don't know the story behind it. It is from National Geographic. You have to give them credit -- those folks know how to take an AMAZING picture!
America and Iran: Secret Talks in Geneva 'Revealed' from Le Temps [of Switzerland in English]
I'm surprised this has not received more attention in the American media.
"For the past six years, American, European and Iranian researchers have been meeting in secret. All but two of the meetings took place in Geneva. The objective: to establish informal bridges to avoid the worst. This process, called “Track II,” revealed today by 'Le Temps', was inspired by the Oslo Accords."
President Obama: At Home Abroad from Time Magazine
This article captures a dynamic most news sources have missed concerning Obama's European trip.
"If anything, Obama seemed energized by the challenges — political and immunological — before him. It was in many ways an opportunity he had been waiting for all his life, a chance to apply on a global stage the lessons he learned as a community organizer in the 1980s."
Global Therapist (Michael Freedman) from Newsweek
Very interesting examination of Obama's impact on leaders around the world.
"Obama is counting on this feel-good approach to smooth out relationships with countries, like Russia, that have strong nationalist feelings and perhaps an overly rich sense of national identity compared with their relative power in the world. So far, Obama's brand of geotherapy seems to be working."
Let's Get Ready to be Reconciled (Jonathan Alter) from Newsweek
"Republicans are shocked that a tool they used might now be used for Obama's agenda."
Krauthammer Desperately Seeking Nail (Joe Klein) from Time Magazine
A good critique of Krauthammer and other critics of Obama's European trip and new policies.
"Charles Krauthammer, the ultimate bleating-heart neoconservative, is all atwitter over Barack Obama's foreign trip. Where most rational observers saw a significant U.S. triumph, the beginning of our reconciliation with the rest of the world after eight years of stupid bellicosity, destructive threats and empty bluster, Krauthammer sees decline and weakness. "
Obama's White House Sedar (Michael Tomasky) from the Guardian [of London]
Interesting and on-the-money observation about what makes Obama different from his predecessors in the White House.
"As the first president to mark Passover in the White House, Obama shows how urban people live today."
Obama Releases Reagan Records from Politico
Here again, another reason why it's good that Obama is in the White House!
"President Barack Obama is ordering the release of nearly a quarter of a million pages of records from the Reagan White House that were kept from the public during a lengthy review by President George W. Bush"
'Of all the schools in London, Michelle Obama chose us. That makes us feel pretty special, I tell you.' from the Guardian [of London]
A wonderful re-visit of the girls' school Michelle Obama visited in London, the story behind the visit, and it's continuing impact on the girls there. Very inspiring!
"When the girls at London's Elizabeth Garrett Anderson school turned up last Thursday, they had no idea that they were about to play host to America's first lady. Carole Cadwalladr hears how, in a week in which all the talk was of her fashion choices, Michelle Obama showed her own political colours and inspired staff and students with the only public speech of her UK visit."
VIDEO NUGGET!
Michelle Obama Setting Up her Group of Famous Women to Go Out to DC Schools from Politico
ANOTHER VIDEO NUGGET!
Now, I have to say up-front that (and this may surprise some of you) I NEVER watch John Stewart. I don't get cable or network tv -- so I miss it 99.9% of the time -- but OCCASIONALLY a segment he does is able to hurdle itself through my transom. This recent segment posted today on MyDD is REALLY funny!! The background poster alone (Obey) is a howl in and of itself!
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