May 2011
25 posts
By 2005, Lewinsky found that she could not escape the spotlight in the U.S., with both her professional and personal life difficult. She stopped selling her handbag line and moved to London. In December 2006, Lewinsky graduated with a master’s degree in social psychology from the London School of Economics where she had been studying since September 2005. Her thesis was titled “In Search of...
White House Wants Tougher Penalties for Computer... →
In addition to giving the Department of Homeland Security new authority over federal computer systems, the proposed legislation calls for the agency to work with energy companies, water suppliers and financial institutions to rank the most serious threats and find ways to counter them. The new law would require each business to have an independent commercial auditor assess its plans, and, in...
“Yo, who wants to go on a Sbarro run? My treat.”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via braiker)
from the times
WASHINGTON — President Obama invited former President George W. Bush to join him at ground zero in New York City on Thursday to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, but Mr. Bush declined, a spokesman for the former president confirmed on Tuesday.
“President Bush will not be in attendance on Thursday,” said his spokesman, David Sherzer. “He appreciated the invite, but has chosen in his...
That Martin Luther King Quote Is Fake [...] →
I hope you’re all embarrassed for sending around that fake quote. And now I hope that for another reason:
An apparently fake Martin Luther King Jr. quotation is making the internet rounds today in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing, probably because the passage seems tailor-made for such an event. The quotation—”I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not...
