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Archive for July, 2007
“It’s not like eating a cookie.”
Saturday, July 28th, 2007Adam and I were discussing children this morning over our coffee before going for our Saturday swim.
Megan: We definitely have to adopt.
Adam: Yes, agreed.
Megan: And I think that maybe once we start, I would like to have three, four, maybe even five kids, like my family.
Adam: I think two is good.
Megan: But what if [...]
Trade on the New Silk Road: Euros for Emissions
Saturday, July 28th, 2007FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST
By Megan Shank
Recently, I read with interest an article in the International Herald Tribune regarding the groundbreaking of the environmentally sustainable town, Dongtan, slated for construction just outside of Shanghai. I’d been following news of the town since plans for it were first published a few years ago. But what was most [...]
July 20
Thursday, July 19th, 2007July 20, 1848: The Seneca Falls Convention convenes for a second day. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a group of early feminists demand women’s right to vote in the United States.
July 20, 1969: Man walks on the moon.
July 20, 1979: A moonstruck feminist is born via caesarian section. She makes her lift off before her [...]
Nearly One Third Of Americans Have An Alcohol Problem In Their Lifetime
Friday, July 6th, 2007I think alcoholic behavior has become completely acceptable in the Western world — whether among college kids or among NYC journalists, both of whom I once shared long hard nights of drinking — but the question remains: what are we giving up to live this way? And beyond the Western world, whether it’s the [...]
Just a Matter of Time
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007Bush commutes Libby’s prison sentence
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush commuted Monday the prison term of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, facing 30 months in prison after a federal court convicted him of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators.
A commutation is distinct from a pardon, which is a complete eradication of [...]
Rethinking Gender
Monday, July 2nd, 2007TO COMPLEMENT A STORY BY THE AMERICAN NEWSWEEK THAT WE TRANSLATED FOR OUR JULY PUBLICATION, WE HIRED A WRITER TO DO A LOCAL STORY ON TRANSGENDER ISSUES. SHANGHAIIST ALSO WROTE SOMETHING ABOUT TRANSGENDER TODAY FOLLOWING A BIT OF NEWS FROM SHENZHEN. I EDITED AND TRANSLATED OUR STORY.
Society
When He or She Becomes She or He
By Gubo [...]
Fume
Monday, July 2nd, 2007I’m a walker and a biker. Occasionally, I take a subway or a bus. Even more rarely a cab. Every morning I walk or bike to work. It is often pleasant. I enjoy the exercise and the satisfaction that I’m being more environmentally friendly on my commute. Today, however, a Mercedes almost ran over me [...]