Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The UN has directed hundred of millions of dollars into Myanmar since Cyclone Nargis hit, and on July 10 asked for $300 million more. But it has now emerged that the UN has lost some twenty percent of...
Dr. X's Free Associations (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration (1939). Click photo to enlarge. More photos by Russell Lee: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6;
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press at the UN: News Analysis UNITED NATIONS, June 27 -- The UN Ethics Office has recommended that the UN Development Program pay as restitution 14 months back pay to the whistleblower who exposed irregularities in the agency's programs in North Korea. Ethics Officer Robert Benson, in an eight-page report , specifically finds a lack of due process. UNDP rushed out...
The Tampa Bay Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Russell R. Lee III has parted ways with Teltronics Inc. after nearly four years as the communication product provider's chief financial officer. (GENC)
The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Not sure why, but I really like this old photo found at Shorpy . May 1939. "Interior of hamburger stand. Waiting for customer. Alpine, Texas." 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. Prices listed on the sign: Coffee: 5 cents Hamburger: 10 cents Fried Ham: 10 cents (I think) Swiss Cheese: 35 cents T-Bone Steak: 50 cents Soups: 10 cents Tomato Juice: No price Comments | Posted in...
Dr. X's Free Associations (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Coal miner's children in West Virginia (Russell Lee for the for Farm Security Administration). More photos by Russell Lee: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5;
History Is Elementary (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
One of the best resources I have found for students to use is from The National Archives Website . When we think of the National Archives we immediately picture the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, etc., and we should because these very important documents are housed under the care of the National Archives. BUT….they have sooooo much more, and you can see all of your choices if you visit...
YID With LID (Free subscription) | 04/13/2008
Any buisness has the right to ban certain websites from entering its system. For example most companies block pornography sites or other sites that are distasteful especially in a professional environment. Some companies block extreme racist sites like the KKK , Reverend Wright's Sermons or the Nazi party etc. But the United Nations block sites that some of its oppressive regimes would not want its...
Language Log (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
Following up on "Yeah no" and "'Yeah no' mailbag" (4/3/2008), Russell Lee-Goldman writes: I was actually about to send a long email to you about yeah-no, but decided just to put it on my blog. That's "Yeah-no and no-yeah again",...
Dr. X's Free Associations (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
Pie Town, New Mexico (Russell Lee). Click photo to enlarge. Hanging out in a rumble seat.
taxmanblog (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
How do liberals know so much about the oppression of civil liberties? They practice it. A piece on the UN censorship has more. Excerpt Reporters covering the United Nations complain that the organization, whose Universal Declaration of Human Rights calls for freedom of the press, has been trying to stifle reporters covering the U.N. itself. This month, for example, U.N. officials reportedly seized...
Kennedy v. The Machine (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
Today the Heritage Foundation hosted an event entitled The United Nations and Freedom of the Press: Good for Thee, But Not For Me? Among the panel were Claudia Rosett and Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press. From the description of the event, The human rights bodies of the United Nations have long been advocates for [...]
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
While celebrity drug use is the hook to the UN's International Narcotics Control Board's new annual report, INCB’s analysis of disparities in sentencing dodges issues that impact man...
The Rosett Report (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
While most mainstream media outfits go light on coverage of the epic vistas of corruption, malfeasance and conflicts-of-interest that are the United Nations, one of the most dogged and prolific reporters in recent years on UN in-house doings and mis-doings has been Matthew Russell Lee of Inner-City Press (referenced on this blog earlier this month for his terrific coverage of what might best be called...
RSS Feeds (Free subscription) | 01/28/2008
Robert Elswit, ASC, Ben Nott, ACS and Glen Winter, CSC earned top honors in the three competitive categories at the 22nd Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards here tonight at the Hollywood & Highland Grand Ballroom. Elswit won the feature film competition for There Will Be Blood .
