Bravo to the folks @

Bravo to the folks @ Factcheck.org for speaking truth to power: http://htxt.it/ZIn6

Happy Holidays 2 all

Happy Holidays 2 all friends...enjoy: http://htxt.it/2C1I

quite a life....stay

quite a life....staying focused on academic committments..and started writing for "outsiders": http://htxt.it/D9lZ

Interesting: http://

Interesting: http://htxt.it/Sqb7

cont'ing 2 dig out o

cont'ing 2 dig out of the latest hole. Did finish this overview on Iran's Green Movement: http://htxt.it/ZcbD

working thru on-goin

working thru on-going challenges, just finished this & asked why? http://htxt.it/Cg20

Invictus soundtrack - Vitaliy Zavadskyy

Nelson Mandela shall forever be remembered as the man who taught us all to forgive and to overcome hatred to build and hope. As I contemplate 2010, the fate of "outsiders", I was particuarly struck by this Mandela Statement:

"....I am the Master of my faith...I'm the Captain of My Soul"...

May it be ever so for all who seem to lose hope, lose faith and lose their sense of purpose in this ever changing world.

Cont'd focus on pers

Cont'd focus on personal & academic challenges & new write-ups..while enjoying: http://htxt.it/VQy6

Decided 2 take time

Decided 2 take time off "outsiders" 2 focus on immediate matters & gear up 4 2010: http://htxt.it/G2Yn

back@ work after ten

back@ work after tending 2 family committments...released a few write-ups 4 "outsiders": http://htxt.it/BSXQ

Busy Weekend w/on-go

Busy Weekend w/on-going acad work & write-ups/waiting 4 dad 2 get out surgery: http://htxt.it/Tugw

Talk - Arundhati Roy and David Barsamian - Seattle 2004

I have just finished a number of writeups for "Outsiders". I also finished listening to Tariq Ali and now listening to Arundhati Roy. The need to speak up for justice and humanity is even more crucial. Will it happen, though?

As I again listen to

As I again listen to Tariq Ali on Afghanistan & Iraq, wrote about the CNN Hero of the year: http://htxt.it/5vOi

Tending 2 daily writ

Tending 2 daily writeups in "Outsiders"...worried about Afghanistan: http://htxt.it/r4qf

Spent the afternoon

Spent the afternoon yesterday w/family before getting back 2 work tending 2 academic committments & finished a few write-ups: http://htxt.it/D0iI

Cont'ing work on aca

Cont'ing work on academic & bus. commitments while enjoying "Lean on Me" on YouTube & tending 2 a number of write-ups on "outsiders": http://htxt.it/qY7p

Happy Thanskgiving 2

Happy Thanskgiving 2 all...reflected upon the obligations earlier: http://htxt.it/P1HT

As we approach thank

As we approach thanksgiving...a lot 2 be thankful 4 despite challenging times...as Afghanistan's dilema shows: http://htxt.it/IbNZ

Spent sat. on a numb

Spent sat. on a number of comm. svc committments & released this write-up: http://htxt.it/ycov

continued on w daily

continued on w daily academic & bus. commitments..released a write-up re the stark realities: http://htxt.it/O2ok