Programming note

Dear all three of you that may read this from time to time,

I will be en vacances (that's on vacation for the Anglos) from Saturday the 23rd until Sunday the 2nd. Where am I going, you may ask? Well...

home!

I'm going to be in New York until next Wednesday and in Cleveland/Akron until Sunday. If anyone is interested in catching up, drop me a line.

Note: when I'm in Cleveland, I have already dedicated a full day of campaigning for Obama.

-rl

The right of self-determination

In an era where assimilation is lauded when it is by choice and condoned when it is forced, I would be remiss in not applauding the Secretary of State in recognizing the independence of Kosovo.

Congratulations, Kosovars. Your right to self-determination is lauded from this end of the blogosphere.

Now if only Québec would be vivre-ing le Québec libre...

-rl

Thank you, Rep Lewis

US Rep John Lewis (D-GA) has withdrawn his support from Hillary Clinton and thrown it behind Barack Obama.

Take that and ARG's poll that has Obama now beating Clinton in the Texas primary, and things are beginning to look really good come mid-March.

Avec des yeux ouverts...

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is facing an uproar following his proposal to have children "adopt" child victims of the Holocaust. I don't generally see eye-to-eye with Sarkozy and his policies, but I think this one is a good one.

Normally, I'm all about secular policies, being of French background and all, a son of the Revolutions of 1789 and America. I think this is a secular policy, too. Nothing seems to suggest to me that Sarkozy is trying to imbue children with a Jewish learning or force children to be Jewish. Moreover, not all of the Holocaust's children victims were Jews. The left-wing in France is grasping at straws to make a run at a weak President and that they resort to a tactic so base and ignorant of history flies in the face of the ideas which French of the past championed.

What a shame.

-rl

Who is more likely to change the world of a child born in 2008?

In its endorsement, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer's editorial board asks the right question:

... Ohio Democrats have to ask themselves which candidate is more likely, first, to win the White House, and, then, to persuade a closely divided country to embrace his or her vision of change. Put even more pointedly: Who is more likely to change the world of a child born in 2008?

This is the attitude we need to be taking: looking towards the future and looking to take care of that future. For once, the PD's Ed board and I have a common opinion.

-rl