Twitter Rundown for Monday, April 30, 2012
Asylum For Blind Chinese Lawyer Could Become Flashpoint In Clinton Visit
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to China Monday night for an annual meetings later this week that are being complicated by an apparent request for asylum by a blind Chinese lawyer who fled his house arrest.
Did Gated Community ‘Groupthink’ Play A Role In Trayvon Martin’s Shooting?
Writer Rich Benjamin argues that the death of Trayvon Martin could have been linked to the mentality inside the gated community where he was shot, while an MIT design student points the finger at neighborhood design.
Excited About The Olympics? For One Londoner, Not So Much
Journalist Michael Goldfarb writes that, “The closer the Games come in time and space the more I am dreading them.”
Wisconsin Recall Vote Foreshadows November Battle
The next round of recall elections in Wisconsin begins with a primary on May 8th and many are looking to the voting there as a test run for national elections in November.
Turning Picky Eaters Into Wholesome Chefs
Do your kids turn up their noses to spinach, broccoli and kale? Here & Now resident chef Kathy Gunst turns the tables on picky eaters by turning them into pint-sized chefs!
Kelly Frey, the editor of Oklahoma’s big daily newspaper The Oklahoman, is from El Reno, Okla. and describes what it’s like to grow up in “tornado alley.”
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Are home-based shelters really enough to hold back an F5 category tornado, which can have winds upwards of 300 miles per hour? And what about people who don’t have home-based shelters?
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