My Sunday column is focused on one man's efforts to build a new aid group, charity: water, but more broadly it's about how we can connect those who want to give with those who need the help. It's this great abyss in modern life: So many people in rich countries would like to help but [...]
My Thursday column looks at the Group of 8, its failure to meet its aid pledges made in 2005 at Gleneagles, Scotland, and the reasons why we tend not to want to help people a long way away. First, I should point out that the G8 claims it will indeed meet its pledges by 2010. [...]
Whew! I was taken aback by the reaction to my Sunday column of the Best Kids' Books - Ever. I'd never had a column achieve 1,000 comments, and that one has topped 2,350. (Worse, normally I divide comment moderation with my assistant, Natasha Yefimov. But Natasha was away for the weekend, so I spent [...]
My Sunday column offers my own list of the best children's books ever, as an inducement to summer reading - and summer reading aloud. If I had had a bit more space, I would have offered a couple more: Winnie the Pooh (the chapter of Piglet trapped in the flood is my favorite); the A [...]
For July 4, here's a suggestion for a teensy-weensy bit of stimulus money: Correct the misquotations in the Jefferson Memorial. My eighth-grade teacher, Mr. Conover, made us all memorize a chunk of the Declaration of Independence, so I was horrified when - years later - I visited the Jefferson Memorial and saw the Declaration carved on [...]
Anybody know what on earth is happening in Liberia? The Truth and Reconciliation Commission there listed President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as one of 52 people who should be sanctioned for committing war crimes; the implication is that she would be barred from public office. I have great respect for President Johnson Sirleaf and have no [...]
My Thursday column was inspired by watching three things: First, Congress vastly overblow the risk that Guantanamo detainees would cause problems if transferred to penitentiaries on American soil; Second, the vast underestimate of the costs of allowing our dysfunctional health system to stagger on uncorrected; Third, the underestimate of the risks of carbon […]
UPDATE July 2 Here's the clip of last night's appearance: The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Nicholas Kristof www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Jeff Goldblum I just taped a show for the Colbert Report - and survived (I think!). It'll air tonight at 11:30, so let me know what […]
The New York Times Sunday Magazine is going to have a special issue on Aug. 23 devoted to women in the developing world. This is the first time the magazine has done something quite like this, and we're all excited here. The lead article will be an excerpt from "Half the Sky," the book that [...]
Youtube is starting a Reporter's Center, for which I've revealed all of journalism's secrets - which boils down to how to cover a crisis and not get shot. The center goes live in the wee hours Monday morning, and I'm looking forward to seeing what colleagues in the news biz have done for it. You [...]
If gay people were in charge of FEMA; all of those people in New Orleans would not only have bottled water, but they'd also have sun-screen and ponchos in three different colors!
-The Agenda with Joe Solmonese on XM Radio