Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012
1. MALALA YOUSAFZAI: ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
The 14-year-old Pakistani girl, shot in the head point-blank and nearly
killed by the Taliban for supporting education for girls, has been
transported to the UK for medical treatment. Gordon Brown, former Prime
Minister and U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education said in a statement
today that he is launching a worldwide petition in support of Malala and
every child in Pakistan to receive an education. In 2003 an arm of the
Taliban imposed strict religious law in Pakistan, as it had in neighboring
Afghanistan. Music was banned, and girls were forbidden to go to school.
2. DEBATING THE DEBATE: WILL THEY TALK ABOUT THE 47% THIS TIME?
Who knows? The Debates are by now an accepted part of the Presidential
selection process. However, the ground rules are reinvented for each
election. So what are we looking for in a President? Everyone has their own
list, which can include anything from the sanctity of life to eye color,
religion and tax bracket. The big surprise in the first debate was Romney's
shift from the extreme right program he had been outlining for almost a
year, to a more centrist view. The willingness of a candidate to
acknowledge hes been on the wrong path and make profound changes may be
laudable, but what will Romney's position be tonight? More importantly,
what will his position be if he is elected president? He may be planning
another position reversal for tonight's debate or he may just keep his
plans secret.
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