If the powers that be had realized the global implications of the Internet when it was invented, they probably would have found some way to kill it. Take a look at these early pages and the very first World Wide Web site. Then take a look at this CNN footage of the intrepid Ben Wedeman in Benghazi. In just [...]
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Scott Brown: Could Erin’s Law (‘Get Away, Tell Today’) Have Helped?
Posted in Politics, Woman Up, tagged against all odds, erin merryn, erin's law, scott brown, sexual abuse on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As a child, I learned how to duck and cover in case of a nuclear attack. My mother told me not to run with scissors, lest I “put out” my eyes. And instructional films, similar to this one, warned me not to walk off with strangers. Why these strangers were coming around in the first place, or [...]
Judging Mark Kelly: Gabrielle Giffords Would Want Him to Fly the Shuttle
Posted in Cancer, Politics, Woman Up, tagged brain injury, gabrielle giffords, mark kelly, marriage, space shuttle, tucson shooting on February 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Give him some credit. Give her some credit. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head on Jan. 8 in Tucson, Arizona, has made so much progress in a Houston rehabilitation center that her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, decided to leave his wife’s side and join his crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, scheduled to launch in April. [...]


