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 December 5, 2008Opinion Today |
Domestic Disturbances: Judith WarnerJudith Warner is an author. She lives in Washington, D.C.  My daughter Emilie, who is 8, cannot get out of her head the story of the Wal-Mart worker who was trampled to death by frenzied shoppers in the early hours of Black Friday. The fate of that worker -- Jdimytai Damour, a 34-year-old temp who’d been hired by the Valley Stream, N.Y., Wal-Mart for the holidays -- is the first thing she asks about when she wakes in the morning. It is the last thing she talks about when she goes to bed at night. . . . Read full post » ADVERTISEMENT On the Ground: Nicholas D. KristofThe Op-Ed columnist's blog.  Jimmy Carter is by far the best ex-president the United States has ever had, and he underscored that again this morning by announcing that Guinea Worm cases have reached an all-time low. For those of you who have never heard of it, Guinea Worm is one of the worst parasites you can get. The worms burrow inside of you, grow to almost three feet long, are incredibly painful, and finally pop out of the skin and have to be reeled out, inch by inch, over many days. They are an ancient affliction in tropical countries, but Carter has led an effort to eradicate them. . . . Read full post » | The Opinionator: Tobin HarshawA guide to the wide world of newspaper, magazine and Web opinion. Reaction to a report that Barack Obama is thinking of giving a speech from a major Muslim capital in his first 100 days in office. Read full post » The BoardA blog by the editorial writers of The New York Times In case it wasn’t already clear that Barack Obama is going to have a lot to deal with when he takes office, the Government Accountability Office, Congress’s investigative agency, has released a list of 13 urgent issues for him and the next Congress. . . . Read full post » Authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner bring their blog to The Times. Read More » |
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Reader Comment
"Judith, tell her the story about Helen Keller; rent the Miracle Worker and explain about the stigma of being different and what it meant for Helen and Anne to overcome that, explain the power of those achievements. Or, show her how to check out as many biographies about Helen Keller from the library as there are. Read her the story about Anne Frank, and what it meant to be both the hidden and the hider. How about the Underground Railroad, and the Freedom Fighters; or about the suffragettes? This is how you turn the misery of humanity into the gift of humanity. . . ." - Posted by Joyce van Walsum, Dec. 5, 1:12 a.m.
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