Archive for January, 2009
Guantánamo to be no mo’.
I don’t plan for my blog to become an extension of Obamamania, so I will be sure to post about other topics soon. But I am so excited about his signing executive orders today to shut down Guantánamo Bay and other secret prisons and detention camps. I’m so excited that he is taking bold steps [...]
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Tags: diplomacy, obama, politics
Damn myopia.
As I was writing today’s post, I had a vague sense that I’d written about Steven Chu already, but shook it off. I guess I wasn’t terribly redundant, but for God’s sake, I feel awfully dumb about slacking off and then writing a post on a previous topic.
There are other things I’ve been planning [...]
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Tags: malaise
Chu and Shinseki confirmed.
In the midst of an awesomely festive day of inauguration activities, the Senate managed to get some work done, unanimously confirming the appointments of 7 cabinet secretaries. And it’s great to see two Asian American faces among Obama’s new crew! Steven Chu, who received some press upon his appointment by Obama, will be the Energy [...]
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Tags: chinese, japanese, obama, politics
