C. Fraser Smith: A revolution way below the radar

BY: C. Fraser Smith
POSTED: March 1, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, C. Fraser Smith, maryland, Re-Entry Collaborative Organizing Committee, revolution

Several hundred people from around the state gathered Tuesday in the State Senate office building for a daylong workshop on the problem of prisoner re-entry — men and women leaving prison for a neighborhood near you. It’s Maryland, so all of them are, more or less, near you. I make this observation by way of [...]

US tour operators looking to resume tours to Egypt

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 8, 2011
Tags: Business, cairo, egypt, middle east, revolution, Tourism, united states, unrest, uprising

CAIRO — U.S. tour operators and Egyptian officials are hoping to convince hesitant international travelers that Egypt is now safe and stable enough to resume large-scale tourism. A delegation of representatives from the U.S. tourism industry visited the country over Easter weekend, meeting with officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and the U.S. Embassy. [...]

Without Steve Jobs, Apple is ‘like other companies’

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 18, 2011
Tags: Apple, CEO, investor, iPad, iPhone, iPod, medical leave, revolution, Steve Jobs, Technology, visionary

If investors were as visionary as Steve Jobs has proved to be during his 35 years of tech wizardry, they might be able to figure out whether Apple can still thrive if its founder and CEO doesn’t return from his indefinite medical leave. But Jobs’ prescience is a rarity, which is why doubt and anxiety [...]