http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com Nam Et Ipsa Scientia Libertas Est Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:06:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  Indisputably, any citizen of the United States would want politicians that accurately represented them and worked for the benefit of the nation. That said, the qualifications for office are, at best, adequate. Most of the requirements are reasonable standards. Each potential Congress member must be an American citizen for at ... http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com/2008/04/06/mandatory-intelligence-testing-for-government-positions/ This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation ... http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com/2008/04/04/in-memoriam-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/ Gary Vaynerchuk asked us all to make today Good People Day, which is a wonderful idea. It's not naive to decide to think about what we appreciate in others, and it isn't unfair to turn our eyes away from the mainstream media's flow of death and destruction. Sometimes we should ... http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com/2008/04/03/good-people-day-the-people-of-buzztown/ Jean Nouvel, the bold French architect known for his innovative works such as the Torre Agbar tower in Barcelona, a precursor to London’s very similar 30 St. Mary’s Axe, has received architecture's top honour, the Pritzker Prize. Informally known as the ‘Nobel prize for architecture’, a jury chosen by the ... http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com/2008/03/31/jean-nouvel-wins-architectures-holy-grail-the-pritzker-prize/ Today was a momentous day for British aviation and the airline industry, as Heathrow's long awaited, and desperately needed Terminal 5 opened for commercial flights. Whilst the day is a great accolade for the Terminal's sole occupant, British Airways, it is a triumph for airport owner BAA. The project was delivered ... http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com/2008/03/27/hello-terminal/ For the last thirty years one of the loudest way to demonstrate wealth was by building a McMansion. These ostentatious homes could be built on a budget while retaining a grand appearance. Building with pre-fabricated materials, not hiring an architect, and skimping on design by only having the face built ... http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com/2008/03/23/prefab-modular-homes-aesthetic-affordable/ We've had major surprises in the past few weeks. Politically, the Eliot Spitzer revelation and resignation caught everyone totally unaware. Socially, some of us witnessed a gory geek-led attack on Sarah Lacy for soft-balling an interview with Facebook's notoriously-shy Mark Zuckerberg. Culturally, France's foreign minister suggested an EU boycott of ... http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com/2008/03/19/nationalising-bear-stearns/ Reporters Without Borders, the Paris-based international non-governmental organization which advocates freedom of the press, has today launched a one-day protest against Internet censorship in the nine worst offending nations. While they include obvious ones like China and Cuba, RSF also shines a light on the offenses of Turkmenistan and Eritrea, ... http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com/2008/03/13/24-hour-online-protest-against-internet-censorship/ Some Palestinian “journalists” have responded to the recent murders in Jerusalem with something less than condemnation. One article in particular, by “Khalid Amayreh in Occupied East Jerusalem”, left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. The title, which fairly sums up the piece, reads “Soldiers (not innocent ... http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com/2008/03/12/yeshiva-boys-or-soulja-boys/ In Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, a religious school for Torah study, a group of terrorists opened fire with an automatic weapon, murdering in cold blood 8 civilians and injuring many more besides, before thankfully being killed by an Israeli paratrooper on the scene. Rabbi David Simchon, director of the yeshiva, ... http://www.sticksandstonesblog.com/2008/03/06/8-deaths/