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| Expect More Fukushimas |
 The
gung-ho nuclear industry is in deep shock. Just as it and its
cheerleader, the International Atomic Energy Agency, were preparing
to mark next month´s 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl
accident with a series of self-congratulatory statements about
the dawning of a safe age of clean atomic power, a series of
catastrophic but entirely avoidable accidents take place in
not one but three reactors in one of the richest countries of
the world. Fukushima is not a rotting old power plant in a failed
state manned by half-trained kids, but supposedly one of the
safest stations in one of the most safety-conscious countries
with the best engineers and technologists in the world. Chernobyl
blew up not because the reactor... |
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| THE IKE PHASE |
| ON January 20, 1961, John Kennedy delivered
his rousing Inaugural Address. But this speech was preceded,
as William Galston of the Brookings Institution has reminded
us, by an equally important speech: Dwight Eisenhower´s
farewell address. Kennedy´s speech was an idealistic call
to action. Eisenhower´s speech was a calm warning against
hubris. Kennedy celebrated courage; Eisenhower celebrated prudence.
Kennedy asked the country to venture forth. Eisenhower asked
the country to maintain its basic sense of balance. While Kennedy
gloried in the current moment, Eisenhower warned the country
to "avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering,
for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of
tomorrow... |
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Celebs raising money forJapanearthquake,tsunamirelief
AP
CHARLIE Sheen and Lady Gaga are among the entertainers trying to raise relief for earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan.
Over the weekend, Gaga announced that she has designed a red-and-white wristband - with the words “We pray for Japan” and an image of the singer’s monster paw gesture - and is selling it for $5 on her Web site.
She also is urging fans to donate on the Citizen Effect web page, set up by Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy.
They will match the first $100,000 donated to help American Red Cross relief efforts in Japan.
Meanwhile, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park has designed a Tshirt to benefit Music for Tsunami Relief in Japan.
He is asking for $10 donations that can be made by texting “MFR” to 85944.
The Red Cross is the charity of choice for Charlie Sheen, who is donating $1 from every tour ticket to the organisation.
Star Trek alum George Takei (who is of Japanese descent), Conan O’Brien, Diddy and Katy Perry also are urging fans via Twitter to help out the Red Cross.
Perry Tweeted on Sunday: “Imagine... if we ALL texted REDCROSS to 90999 we’d have raised over 60million dollars for Japan relief! Be the change you want to see!” Kim Hyunjoong, a member of the popular South Korean boy band SS501, also has donated more than $110,000 via his Japan-based agency, DA.
People wanting to donate also will be able to contribute at downloadtodonate.org.
Anyone giving $10 or more will be able to download a collection of new songs by various artists.
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