Nick Kristoff, award winning jounalist from the New York Times has writtn a brilliant article on the proposed “Near Ground Zero Mosque”. The article an be found here – http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/opinion/22kristof.html?_r=1#
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Me and friends. WTC 2001 I’ve almost never spoken about it. I certainly never spoke about it publicly. Personally, that day was a mile-marker. It marked the beginning of a massive spiral downward. My life hit it’s lowest point ever nearly a year and many substantial events later. I gave up – on myself and everybody [...] Musicians in the subway are pretty common. I see them every day. Some are impressive, some not. Last night I was leaving the gym after an especially tiring workout. My legs felt like rubber and I just didn’t feel like going down into the hot subway right away – so I caught an uptown M104 and [...] I write a lot about the subway. I spend a lot of time there. It can be a depressing place. It can be a fascinating place. The train was not full today. I left for work quite a bit later than usual and missed all the rush. I sat down in my favorite seat on the [...] I haven’t had much of a muse lately; but I just have to voice my two cents. It seems everyone has a strong opinion – from the folks who think the world is surely going to end, to the folks who think Obama is going to single-handedly solve every social, economic, and foreign issue we [...] Courtesy, Professionalism and Respect… That’s the motto of the New York City Police Department—painted on the side of every squad car. Well I’ve got a different story to tell tonight about one of New York City’s most un-civil servants. I often leave work after seven which means I have to cross 42nd street at Lexington Avenue to get to [...] I’ve been thinking about music a lot lately—playing music. If you’ve seen my main site, www.socci.com then you probably know I started out my adult life as a musician. Indeed from the time I was eleven or twelve years old it became my life’s main mission. Somewhere along the way I got lost. I lost faith. [...] I’ve yet to write anything here concerning the thing that consumes most of my time, IT. I can’t think of much that is more dry or uninteresting to talk about than IT, so I don’t. I love the challenge of it, all the little puzzles and the problem solving; it engages a huge part of my mind. [...] Every morning I ride the subway to work. It is about a forty-five minute trip more or less—mostly a monotonous, and monochromatic blur as I endure the smells, the screeches and the gross violations of personal space we New Yorkers come to slough off as part of the cost of living in the Great City. At about [...] I haven’t written about it, partly out of superstition, but I’ve been waiting over the past 10+ days to hear back from a potential employer regarding a possible job offer. Today they called and offered me the position and I’m absolutely thrilled. I’ve been out of the workforce for a while. Family illnesses, my Father’s death, [...] |
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