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Last spring, on the first day of Government 1800: "Globalization and its Discontents," I listened intently as The New York Times' Foreign Affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman expounded upon the dangers of the "globalization of technology." He warned of the "super-empowered angry men," such as the terrorists who bombed the World Trade Center, who had capitalized on the proliferation of technology to orchestrate the devastating bombing. "Now, you don't just have AOL-America Online, but you also have JOL-Jihad Online!" The class erupted with laughter...
Gallagher's adult life, chronicled in the later chapters, is bland by comparison, despite her two bad marriages, several bad abortions and multiple bad bosses. After a hilarious turn at a celebrity pulp magazine, alongside the young Mario Puzo and Bruce Jay Friedman, she goes on to write two respected books. This third one ends all too soon, without telling us, among other things, about her third marriage, now 20 years running, to Ben Sonnenberg, whose mind soars as founding editor of the highly regarded literary review Grand Street despite his being confined to a wheelchair. But their story gives...
Training and certification for both types of doulas are available through various organizations (see box), though there is some debate among the doulas themselves over the need for certification. "Some people feel very strongly that being certified isn't what makes you a good doula," says Lijah Friedman, a DONA-certified doula based in Brooklyn, N.Y. "It's creating a political and selective situation in the doula world." Most doulas think that while training and certification don't guarantee quality services, the knowledge can't hurt. Says Guralnick: "Your heart and hands are the most important. If someone...
...make it happen only last year when Ann Druyan, Sagan's widow and head of the media company Cosmos Studios, and Joe Firmage, the founder of USWeb, threw their names and about $4 million behind the effort. "I had talked to people about solar sailing before," says Lou Friedman, former engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and director of the Planetary Society, "but between the Russians' capabilities and Ann's vision, I knew this one would click...
...Friedman suggested that an open house-type event for large courses would encourage students to speak to big-name professors...