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Ahmadinejad’s boring resume

by Michael Schulder January 6, 2010
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I learned something new today about Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s resume. I now know which line item most intrigues me.

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The magic stick

by Michael Schulder December 25, 2009
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My son’s most treasured possession these days is a stick. It’s an ordinary looking stick. But I’m told it has extraordinary powers.

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Gift #1: Holiday gifts from the land of a thousand hills

by Michael Schulder December 24, 2009
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I love receiving holiday gifts. Especially when they’re gifts of knowledge. I feel like I received at least five gifts of knowledge when I met Janet Nkubana on a recent night. I hope you’ll let me share them with you one at a time.

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Gift #2: Quality takes time

by Michael Schulder December 24, 2009
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When Rwanda’s master basket weaver Janet Nkubana walked me through the symbolism of her basket’s designs, the image you see here left a big impression.

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Gift #3: Don’t spill the words

by Michael Schulder December 24, 2009
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I’ve been to Rwanda before. But I was never invited into a backyard. Now I know why.

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Gift #4: Weaving man

by Michael Schulder December 24, 2009
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I picked out a basket at Macy’s and read the name of the artist to Rwanda’s master weaver, Janet Nkubana.

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Gift #5: Weaving unity

by Michael Schulder December 24, 2009
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To repair a country after a genocide, in a nation like Rwanda, where the killers and the survivors still live in the same neighborhoods, takes a lot of time, to say the least.

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Forgetting Tiger

by Michael Schulder December 22, 2009
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The Tiger Woods story has triggered a memory that led me to two old photos. One photo is real. One is doctored.

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Ladies & Gentlemen: Bobby Shields

by Michael Schulder October 25, 2009
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As I was planning my father’s memorial service for today I called his good friend and fellow comedian Freddie Roman, to arrange for a room at New York’s traditional show business mecca – The Friar’s Club. I told Freddie I needed a DVD player so the guests could watch some of my father’s old performances. “We’ll get a BIG screen,” Freddie said, “so he doesn’t look too short.”

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As funny as the times allow

by Michael Schulder October 24, 2009
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Tonight, Barack Obama will appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Will President Obama be funny? “As funny as the times allow,” said a White House official. How funny do these times allow one to be? We asked a similar question after 9/11. When can we laugh again? Following are some answers from Aristotle to Ackerman.

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