The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Daily Archives: 06/02/2008
Leveraging – reloaded
Earlier I wrote about Thomas Friedman’s column, It’s all about leverage. In retrospect the construction of that post was awkward and needs a real makeover. Friedman, is capable of astute observations. In his op-ed today he argue that Iran, Syria … Continue reading
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Jihad on jihad
An op-ed in the NYT today asks What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist? The word “jihad†means to “strive†or “struggle,†and in the Muslim world it has traditionally been used in tandem with “fi sabilillah†(“in the path of … Continue reading
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Fullbright followup
The other day it was reported that the State Department was canceling 7 Fulbright scholarship to students in Gaza. Given the way the story was reported, it looked like a pretty obvious attempt of the State Department to embarrass Israel … Continue reading
AP misinforms the world
Two versions of the same story went out about the Hizbullah/Israel trade of remains for a prisoner. In the earlier version, the background on the Samir Kuntar story went like this: A larger swap is extremely emotional for Israelis because … Continue reading
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