Catching up on what's been said about PNM
Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 5:17AM Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 30 July 2004
The past couple of days have been the first ones I've had in a very long time just to waste a few hours surfing the web and catching up on everything that's been written about PNM. I guess I've felt the need to take stock in the same way that my wife Vonne has felt the need to reorganize every drawer and closet in our house this week: we are only 9 days away from leaving for our big adventure in China.
Being an obsessive planner myself, I've plotted out what I want to cover in my daily blogs between here and our departure date of 9 August, so I've be taking the next week or so to catch up on reviews that have been posted about PNM, some translations of the old article, a side article concerning System Perturbations that's posted in an e-book online, etc. Yes, a mishmash of stuff that in the end may only be interesting to me, but I look at the blog as a sort of "for the record" entry form for me, so I feel like getting all this stuff put down on electrons before we head out and my weblog shifts from articles to pure travelogue. Don't worry, if something really cool comes up, then I blog that and simply squeeze these tasks into a shorter number of days, but dang it! I want the decks cleared before it's wheels up and we're cleared hot for China!
Today's task concerns two Reviewing-the-Reviews entries:
R. Grant Seals' review of PNM in the Reno-Gazette Journal, posted 5 June 2004
Following all that I'll deal with the following articles in today's catch:
A speech I've been waiting to hear from John Kerry
"Kerry Accepts Nomination, Telling Party That He'll 'Restore Trust and Credibility': Invoking His Past, He Vows to Command 'a Nation at War,'" by Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 30 July, p. A1.
"Kerry's Next Big Challenge: Wide Split in Undecided Votes: Suburbanites, Blue-Collars Disagree on Many Issues; Senator Needs Them All; Potential Bridge: War in Iraq," by John Harwood and Jacob M. Schlesinger, Wall Street Journal, 30 July, p. A1.
"The Nominee Seems a Happy Warrior: 'I'm John Kerry,' he says with glee, 'and I'm reporting for duty,'" by Alessandra Stanley, NYT, 30 July, p. P7.
"Kerry's Plan to Reduce Mideast-Oil Dependence Meets Skepticism," by John J. Fialka, WSJ, 30 July, p. A4.
Score a big one for the insurgency in Iraq
"Iraqis Postpone Conference as Kidnappings Rise," by Ian Fisher and Somini Sengupta, NYT, 30 July, p. A1.
"Saudi Plan for Muslim Force in Iraq Gains in U.S." by Christopher Marquis, NYT, 30 July, p. A6.
A good example of U.S. exporting rules in the global economy
"New Role for SEC: Policing Companies Beyond U.S. Borders: In Wake of 9/11 and Enron. Agency Hits Hard Abroad; Cutting Messier's Parachute," by Michael Schroeder and Silvia Ascarelli, WSJ, 30 July, p. A1.
Long live the 9/11 Commission! No . . . really!
"9/11 Panel Seeks New Life With Private Donations: Its budget dwindling, the commission turns elsewhere," by Philip Shenon, NYT, 30 July, p. A8.
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