Links of the Day, December 8

For those of you who missed the last couple Links, apologies–I was in New York City for the weekend. Pics to come soon.

News

• More bombings in Iraq.
• Ambassador Eikenberry and General McChrystal endorse the President’s approach to Afghanistan.
• Google launches real-time search data.

Green

• The UN declares the last decade the warmest on record.
• The EPA declares that greenhouse gases threaten human health, paving the way for regulation.
• Considering clean coal.

Miscellaneous

• A few days after JFK’s assassination, Jackie wrote a letter to LBJ.

(EDIT: Apparently, Esquire is now waiting on further legal notice.)

Eliminating Violence Against Women

“Some 70 percent of women experience in their lifetime some form of physical or sexual violence from men – the majority from husbands, intimate partners or someone they know.”– Ban Ki-moon.

Check out the blog I co-wrote with Rose Berger over at God’s Politics: “Uniting to Eliminate Violence against Women.”

Links of the Day, November 25

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

• Eugene Cho blogs; warning: some disturbing images.

News

• The first state dinner: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
  
• Google refuses to take down a racist image of Michelle Obama from its search results. I find it interesting that we (in the US) often defend freedom of speech even when it rolls into abuse/misuse of this freedom.
• On Deadly Viper: An open letter from Sojourners to Zondervan.

Green

• Climate policies improve health.

Miscellaneous

• Cathay Pacific has toilet problems.

Links of the Day, November 18

News

• The UN food summit throws only "crumbs" to the 1 billion people without enough to eat.

Green

• Women in developing countries will be hit hardest by climate change.

Miscellaneous

• GQ names Barack the 2009 Leader of the Year.
• 100 greatest quotes from The Wire (caution: language–although if you like The Wire, you already know this):