camel's milk and war rhetoric
The Christian Science Monitor is one of my favorite newspapers. While the rest of this country's banal media is obsessing about JonBenet Whatever, you get headline articles like this: "A new use for camel's milk: sell it abroad." It is about how nomads in Mauritania no longer have to sell off a camel for extra cash, selling the milk is proving not only financially beneficial to them but providing extended benefits to the whole community. Oh, where is Mauritania? I didn't know either. In fact, I don't think I'd ever heard of it before. It's a largish country in W. Africa, south of Morocco and north of Senegal. I just love that article about camel's milk in Mauritania gets to be up front in at least one newspaper in this country!
The other thing I love about the CSM is how thoughtful their articles are...not just columns or editorials. Even basic news-reporting. Today's paper had an article about the current status on the Iraq war rhetoric. Apparently, it's not about terrorism anymore (though that's still present; just not enough to build a rhetorical campaign on), it's about ideology. No kidding!! *sigh*
Anyway, so what's your book report about?
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I only knew about Mauritania because one of my friends went there with YWAM.
Weirdest thing about the CSM is their religion editorial, which follows the dictates of Christian Science and thus has no connection with the worldview expressed in the rest of the paper.
Posted by: Evan Donovan | 31.08.06 23:26
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diber...your entry for today, "cozy weekend" isn't showing up. not sure why, just thought i'd let you know. stina
Posted by: austina | 03.09.06 19:33
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Saw your comments on one friend's blog and wanted to respond to you.
I'm Deaf and I'm lauding you for embracing ASL and Deaf Culture for your son.
Your son definitely has the coolest parents. Just you wait until he gets older,
his friends from school would want you to be their parents because you're really
into his world. I wish I could say for my folks, but I love them dearly, they did the best
they could... they're retired now and we're close as we can be.
If you have any questions about ASL stuff, feel free to buzz me. :) Have a good week!
Posted by: Mikey | 04.09.06 10:35
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i finally got to read your cozy entry and oh my goodness that lasagna sounds amazing. I'll certainly have to try it soon. I'm having guests this weekend, so maybe it will be on the weekend menu!
Posted by: austina | 04.09.06 14:28