Author: sybil

Democracy Undone in Haiti

[Promoted by susanhu — As rough as we’ve got it in our own country’s political struggle, seemingly crawling up Denali without support equipment or oxygen, there is a country so near us whose people are falling...

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Oh Judy!

[From the diaries by susanhu. Fascinating, sybil!] From Raw Story Judith Miller wanted to write an OpEd defending herself against charges of “entanglement” with sources among other things but the NY Times...

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NOLA Live Blog By Former Soldier

[From the diaries by susanhu w edits.] The Interdictor (home page) blogger is a former soldier who he says he put himself in military mode to secure the building where he is holed up with his girlfriend, Crystal. The blog begins...

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New Orleans’ blessing; New Orleans’ curse.

City of Nature – New Orleans’ blessing; New Orleans’ curse. By Ari Kelman Posted Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, at 3:59 PM PT [I found this article through Talking Points Memo. Ari Kelman, a friend and colleague of...

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Iraq a Deadly Place for the Media

Another media person, Reuters TV soundman Waleed Khaled was killed in Iraq. I heard it described on Air America this morning. The man was wearing a press pass and two of the five sniper’s bullets hit him right through his...

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