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Jeff Jacoby, of the Boston Globe has well thought article on the way to oil has enriched our lives.  Read it even if you are one of those who call oil consumption an addiction.

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Should Muslim women breastfeed Muslim men?  Some clerics think so and the debate continues among Muslims who want to move Islam from the Middle Ages to...well...the Middle Ages.

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Once again Charles Krauthammer has synthesized an event in the news and given us his take. And as usual, he is right.

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The Boston Globe reports that the wackos at Amherst, Massachusetts, have voted to allow the relocation of Guantanamo released terrorists. Notice this quote by one of the selectmen supporting the resolution: "The United States has a long history of being a place of refuge and asylum for persecuted people. There's nothing new about this."

Words do matter. Illegal aliens have become "immigrants," and now terrorists are becoming "persecuted people." Years ago, a joke circulated in poor countries. "Declare war on the United States, and surrender the next day. That would ensure that America would pump billions to the defeated nation." Now all you have to do to get a green card is threaten to kill us. Only in America, or should I say only in a university town in Massachusetts.

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A conference in Cairo, organized by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, to raise awareness of breast cancer, has rescinded the invitations to Israeli doctors that were supposed to attend. The interesting point is that this conference was touted by international news organizations as an unprecedented example of cooperation in the region. If you had to bet on where will a cure for cancer be found, would you bet on Cairo or Tel Aviv? Yes…that’s what I thought. Perhaps next year the conference should be held in Amherst. People there are very tolerant.

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Do as I say, not as I do...

Times threatens to shut down Globe.

This is a headline that appears on today on the Boston Globe. When reading further we find out that the New York Times Co. bastion of liberalism, fairness and promoter of workers rights has given the unions at the Boston newspaper an ultimatum demanding $20 million in concessions. The articles continues:

"Executives from the Times Co. and Globe made the demands Thursday morning in an approximately 90 minute meeting with leaders of the newspaper's 13 unions, union officials said. The possible concessions include pay cuts, the end of pension contributions by the company and the elimination of lifetime job guarantees now enjoyed by some veteran employees, said Daniel Totten, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, the Globe's biggest union, which represents more than 700 editorial, advertising and business office employees."

Ideologically I agree with give and take process of negotiations, and the give and take it entails, but there is a sweet irony in seeing the New York Times being in this position. After all, how often did they write editorials critical of labor? My recommendation to the NYT Co. is to call executives at Walmart and see if they will bail them out.

In the meantime, when asked to comment, executives at this corporation that exists thanks to news reporting, declined to comment.