by Minter Dial | Apr 1, 2008 | Podcast, Politics
Herewith, the good news for those of you who bought Leopard for your Apple Computer(s) in order to get the parental controls system. It turns out that the issue is that it doesn’t work well with Mozilla Firefox. But, it does work with Safari… So, in the...
by Minter Dial | Mar 21, 2008 | Politics
Read this story from the BBC this morning: Romania Caught Short in Loo Row. With the NATO summit next month in Bucharest, to be held at the Romanian Parliamentary palace, built by the former dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, in Bucharest, preparations are well under way....
by Minter Dial | Mar 11, 2008 | Politics
The Israeli President, Shimon Peres, was welcomed to Paris today with great pomp & circumstance. It was also with a great holdup in terms of traffic throughout large sections of the west side of Paris. Walking to the office, I was held up at a crossroads nearby...
by Minter Dial | Feb 5, 2008 | Genomics, Politics
Are Men and Women So Different? An advocate of diversity and a student of women’s studies at university, I keep an eagle eye on topics concerning equality. That said, there are also many ways to express and give value to the differences between men and women. A...
by Minter Dial | Jan 25, 2008 | Podcast, Politics
In France, it was announced (see here in the NY Sun!) by INSEE, the Paris-based national statistics agency, that in 2007, for the first time, the number of babies born out of wedlock eclipsed 50% (hitting 50.5%). That sent me scurrying across the web to find...
by Minter Dial | Jan 11, 2008 | Politics, Sports
Another move for equality Peter de Villiers has been named as the first black coach of the rugby union world champions South African Springboks. Coming on the heels of the World Cup victory (in October 2007), this is quite a move. And, after just having posted about...