After Private Speech on Israel, de Blasio Is Pressed on Openness Pledge - NYTimes.com

I find it repulsive that this mayor would not insist on speaking to a partisan group in public. What was so secret about this appearance? What did he say?

Revoir en replay et en streaming "Télématin" - Télématin - France 2

Interesting piece today with US public service messages about life - saluting those from MLK to James DEAN who have done so much during their years. Check back.

Les 85 plus riches du monde possèdent autant que les 3,5 milliards les plus pauvres

I cannot figure out how to react to this.

Cultivating Hudson: Enter the Tastemakers - NYTimes.com

Love to see new uses for old buildings!

30-50 ft waves on the NC coast?

What if the same waves that have struck the French coast this week were to hit NC? Is anyone preparing for that?

What Makes Lagos a Model City - NYTimes.com

Yes!

A Makeover for Maps - NYTimes.com

This is great!

A Makeover for Maps - NYTimes.com

This is great!

Faulty Websites Confront Needy in Search of Aid - NYTimes.com

Why do we have to accept so much failing technology?

Ireland Stirs Homegrown Flavor Into Tech Scene - NYTimes.com

Hope is important.

Banished for Questioning the Gospel of Guns - NYTimes.com

It's a sick religion.

Un tiers des Américains ne croient pas à la théorie de l'évolution - RTBF Societe

That's pretty unsettling.

US peace envoy back in Belfast, faces hard sell - Houston Chronicle

He strikes me as an odd choice for this role.

Lab in Richmond Animates Comprehensive 1932 U.S. Atlas - NYTimes.com

I look forward to looking at this!

Bypassing Fear and Embracing Networking - NYTimes.com

Worth noting.

How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

Amazing - this put me within 30 miles of my home town!

Legacy of a Crash, Unfinished Houses Haunt Ireland - NYTimes.com

Sadly, County Cavan where my grandfather was born, is at the heart of this.

Inside the Power of the N.R.A. - NYTimes.com

Such a heinous organization.

Tackling a Racial Gap in Breast Cancer Survival - NYTimes.com

How to SOLVE this problem in NC? What stands in our way?

Bloomberg Focuses on Rest (as in Rest of the World) - NYTimes.com

This ought to be really interesting.