Working on an article about the book that came out of this story... So sad.

Quoted: For six years, Fekkak Mamdouh, whom everyone knew by his surname, had been a waiter at Windows on the World, the luxury restaurant on the 107th floor of the North Tower. He had started working there in 1996 when Windows reopened after the 1993 terrorist bombing in the World Trade Center basement.

I really think race is an unspoken, underlying issue in all this...

Quoted: At a normal campaign rally, it's the candidate who tries to whip the crowd into a frenzy. At John McCain's town hall in Waukesha, Wis., Thursday, it was the other way around. "I'm mad, and I'm really mad," said one man who'd been called on to ask a question.

Sad...

Quoted: He was a star in the Republican Party. Now, like dozens of his G.O.P. colleagues, he’s quitting Congress, fed up with his party, his president and the process.

Um, what?

Quoted: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will propose a change in New York City’s term-limit laws to permit his third bid.

This article really hits the nail on the head! (Also, that's a great illustration). Apparently the writer authored a novel called "The Abstinence Teacher" - seems worth checking out.

Quoted: Caribou hunting aside, Sarah Palin represents the state-of-the-art version of a particular type of woman—let's call her the Sexy Puritan—that's become a familiar and potent figure in the culture war in recent years.

Further evidence that NYU really is trying to take over the world!

Quoted: New York University announced that Alfred H. Bloom will lead its new Abu Dhabi campus in the United Arab Emirates.

Apparently he was skewered by conservatives for his gambling in the 2000 election...

Quoted: John McCain, Congress’s most influential member on gambling issues, has a history with the industry complicated by personal ties and opposing loyalties.

So alarming. The idea that Sarah Palin is for women just because she is one is just plain dumb. She also supports John McCain's stance against equal pay for equal work. Meanwhile, Joe Biden was instrumental in the signing of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994. Now that's being a maverick.

Quoted: Voters should know if sexual-assault victims in Wasilla, Alaska, were being billed for the cost of rape kits and forensic exams while Sarah Palin was mayor.

Aw, I didn't realize he'd been ill. So sad :(

Quoted: Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," has died, a spokeswoman said Saturday. He was 93.