Monthly Archives: November 2007

Simon Deng, Leading Darfur Activist, to Ask, “What About the Christians of South Sudan?” on Fox News Tonight

November 30, 2007 – 6:50 pm

“Who is the real enemy of Mohammed,” asks Simon Deng, an escaped slave from Sudan and leading human rights activist, “a child who names a teddy bear, or the one who is killing little Muhammed in Darfur?” Mr. Deng, whom I have interviewed for The New York Daily News and who is one of …

(more…)
By Heather | Posted in Blog | Comments (2)

Rudy Giuliani: Cure for Commitment Phobia?

November 29, 2007 – 3:19 am

In answer to a question about whom she supports for the Republican nomination, Rep. Mary Fallin (R-Oklahoma), speaking on the West Side Wednesday evening to the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), pointed out that when it comes to Presidential candidates, Americans are a little like commitment-phobic New York singles holding out for the perfect prince or …

(more…)
By Heather | Posted in Blog | Comments (2)

The U.S. is a Great Country, Everybody Knows

November 27, 2007 – 4:56 pm

ny-daily-news.png

From The New York Daily News
BY HEATHER ROBINSON

November 27, 2007

“This is the mother, who has leprosy, [and] this is the son,” says Adeboye Subuloye, looking down at a photograph of a woman and a tall young man. “We bought a sewing machine for him.

“We decided to empower the children,” he …

(more…)
By Heather | Posted in Profiles | Comments (1)

Cyber Bullies

November 27, 2007 – 5:24 am

Just saw a disturbing story on CNN about a 13-year-old girl, Megan Meier, who killed herself after enduring vicious cyber-harassment. The kicker is, her tormentor was a grown woman - the mother of another girl in her neighborhood.

The premeditated cruelty of this woman’s behavior is astonishing: she posed as a teenage boy and, in …

(more…)
By Heather | Posted in Blog | Comments (3)

Warrantless Thanksgiving Eavesdropping

November 23, 2007 – 1:38 am

Those who feel violated by the so-called “warrantless wiretapping” engaged in by the Bush Administration should consider the hazards of Thanksgiving in Pittsburgh.

A friend tells me she turned down an invitation to a Thanksgiving dinner here because the hostess, call her Mrs. Burgh, observes the odd holiday custom of “bugging” …

(more…)
By Heather | Posted in Blog | Comments (0)

Muslim Freedom Fighter

November 21, 2007 – 2:27 am

In late October, I had the privilege of spending the day with Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a courageous Bangladeshi journalist. In 2003, the Bangladeshi government arrested Mr. Choudhury. He was beaten, tortured, starved, and deprived of medical attention for glaucoma and broken bones.

His crime?

Attempting to visit Israel, and daring to write pro-Israel pieces in his …

(more…)
By Heather | Posted in Blog | Comments (0)

President Bush live last night, Giuliani live today

November 16, 2007 – 2:32 pm

I’m writing from the 25th Anniversary conference of the Federalist Society in Washington D.C., where President Bush spoke last night along with Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Antonin Scalia.

The President spoke mostly about the value of our Constitution and its strict interpretation, which elicited resounding applause from the gathered members of The Federalist Society, an organization of Conservative-leaning attorneys …

(more…)
By Heather | Posted in Blog | Comments (3)

City Lawyers Set To Rally for Their Pakistani Counterparts

November 14, 2007 – 12:20 pm

new-york-sun.png

From The New York Sun

By HEATHER ROBINSON
November 13, 2007

Lawyers from firms across the city will stop billing clients for half an hour today to rally in support of the lawyers and judges of Pakistan.

The rally, planned for 1 p.m. in front of the New York County Courthouse at 60 …

(more…)
By Heather | Posted in Features | Comments (1)

U.S. Attorneys Rally in Support of Pakistani Brethren

November 14, 2007 – 12:17 pm

picture-2.png

From The Jewish World Review

By HEATHER ROBINSON
November 14, 2007

The steps of the New York County Courthouse in downtown Manhattan were a sea of black and white Tuesday as hundreds of New York City attorneys gathered in support of their counterparts in Pakistan, thousands of whom have been arrested in …

(more…)
By Heather | Posted in Features | Comments (2)

U.S. Attorneys Rally to Support Pakistani Brethren

November 14, 2007 – 11:54 am

After writing a curtain raiser for The New York Sun of yesterday’s lawyers’ rally in downtown Manhattan, I attended the rally and ended up writing this piece about it for Jewishworldreview.com. As I am learning, the issues surrounding U.S. policy towards Pakistan and particularly Gen. Pervez Musharraf at this sensitive time are extremely …

(more…)
By Heather | Posted in Blog | Comments (0)