Archivo «Martes, 07/sep/2010»
By Feisal Abdul Rauf, the chairman of the Cordoba Initiative and the imam of the Farah mosque in Lower Manhattan (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 07/09/10):
As my flight approached America last weekend, my mind circled back to the furor that has broken out over plans to build Cordoba House, a community center in Lower Manhattan.I have been away from home for two months, speaking abroad about cooperation among people from different religions. Every day, including the past two weeks spent representing my country on a State Department tour in the Middle East, I have been struck by how … Seguir leyendo
By Andrew C. Revkin, a former environment reporter for The Times who writes the blog Dot Earth for nytimes.com (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 07/09/10):
Given the weather of late, extremes seem to have become the norm.
New York City just had its hottest June-to-August stretch on record. Moscow, suffering from a once-in-a-millennium heat wave, tallied thousands of deaths, a toll that included hundreds of inebriated, overheated citizens who stumbled into rivers and lakes and didn’t come out. Pakistan is reeling from flooding that inundated close to a fifth of the country.
For decades, scientists have predicted that disastrous … Seguir leyendo
By Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist and a former Ferris professor of journalism at Princeton University (THE WASHINGTON POST, 07/09/10):
A Palestinian state is coming — it’s just not clear whether it will result from the current peace talks.
It is easy to be pessimistic, or even apathetic, about the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. History is a witness to the lack of Palestinian accomplishments in incremental negotiations. All successful efforts to date have stemmed from secret talks made public only once a package agreement was reached.
Nevertheless, a breakthrough is possible this time — thanks to … Seguir leyendo