February 27, 2008
SEARCY – Veteran civil rights attorney Fred Gray will speak March 13 in Harding University’s Administration Auditorium.
Now a senior partner at the law firm of Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson, Gray began his career as a sole practitioner. Less than a year out of law school, at age 24, he represented [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 29, 2008
Veteran civil rights attorney to address audience at Harding
February 28, 2008
Gimme coal, lotsa coal.
Feb 28, 8:14 AM EST
Wind Farms May Threaten Whooping Cranes
By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER
Associated Press Writer
STAFFORD, Kan. (AP) — Whooping cranes have waged a valiant fight against extinction, but federal officials warn of a new potential threat to the endangered birds: wind farms.
Down to about 15 in 1941, the gargantuan birds that migrate each fall [...]
February 27, 2008
Flourishing
Somehow, this tree growing from a rock in the highlands of Scotland, reminds me of my son-in-law – determined, alive and flourishing.
February 26, 2008
Forget global warming: Welcome to the new Ice Age
Lorne Gunter, National Post
Published: Monday, February 25, 2008
Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than [...]
February 16, 2008
Need southern border security? Naw, no problems down there.
Blast near Mexico City police HQ (BBC News)
An explosion has rocked the centre of Mexico City, killing at least one man and injuring two other people. The device was set off near the city’s police headquarters, Mexico City police chief Joel Ortega said. No group has so far said it carried out the attack.
Investigators believe [...]
February 16, 2008
Christopher Hitchens – As often right as he is wrong?
A modern disgrace
BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS in SLATE MAGAZINE
In December 1931, George Orwell got himself arrested in the slums of East London in order to find out about conditions “inside,” and then he wrote an essay about the people he met while in detention. One of them was a buyer for a kosher butcher [...]
February 3, 2008
A RELUCTANT GRIEVER
A RELUCTANT GRIEVER
by Virgil Fry
I write these words from the raw side of fresh grief. Less than two months ago Caryl, my beloved wife of 33 years, died. A tenacious, vibrant, faithful woman, she finally succumbed to death after two hard years of declining health, and 50 years of being a Type [...]
February 1, 2008
Naps Boost Learning Of New Tasks
Memory Tasks Improve When Sleep Follows Learning
POSTED: 8:47 am CST February 1, 2008
A brief daytime nap can help people learning new things, according to a new study. Matthew Tucker of the Harvard Medical School worked with 33 people in their early 20s. They were trained on memory tasks at 12:15 p.m. and 1 p.m. Sixteen [...]
