| Obama Beats ... Jesse Jackson
Even a statement that this is the direction he thinks the nation should be moving would make a big difference, you'd expect. ... P.S.: John Rosenberg argues I'm thinking wishfully. Follow his links for what Obama has said on the topic--it seems ambiguous and suggestive to me. ... Class-preference advocate Richard Kahlenberg also has high hopes for Obama. ... 5:50 P.M. link ___________________________ Anti-Purple?--Backfill: Chris Richardson's furious Monday farrago attacking Hillary's reliance on her "menacing, purple-faced husband" makes Maureen Dowd seem like Julie Andrews! ... 5:19 P.M. ___________________________ Snakes on a Plane, II: WSJ on Bill Clinton and Ron Burkle. Bill is "negotiating" to wind down his interest in Burkle's investment firm.
Students gather at Rutgers to show off cities of the future
Before today's contest, the students used a computer software program to design their city of the future, and brought a model of their vision to be judged during the all-day event. In its 16th year, the competition challenges students to think creatively to devise solutions urban problems, while being able to defend their findings before judges, organizers said. "I learned that there are all types of engineering," said Stephanie Jones, a 14-year-old from Northfield Community School in Atlantic County. "When you think of an engineer, you think of someone who works on a train or something. You don't think of someone working on a musical instrument or something like that." Participants include children from Morris, Passaic, Monmouth, Essex, Middlesex, Hudson, Union, Somerset, Atlantic, Warren and Bergen counties.
No doubting Thomas fully appreciates this All-Star weekend
Thomas may have been a last minute addition to these festivities to the Eastern Conference team only because Martin Brodeur begged off, but he made no bones about coming to Atlanta with the intention of soaking up every minute. "I think just making the NHL when you're older brings an appreciation to that accomplishment more than it might have to the younger kid and it's the same thing with an All-Star Game so I certainly don't take this for granted," said Thomas. "For me actually, this is more than a dream come true because I didn't really dream about it. It always seemed too far away, too unattainable." For most of his professional career, it probably was. Thomas had a standout college career at the University of Vermont and was a late-round draft of the Quebec Nordiques in 1994, but he spent the next couple of seasons bouncing around the minor leagues and then ended up establishing himself in Finland.
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