difd mccullough will give us perspective on the present through the lens of the past. why in the world is not a tiny nation about to skip over a date entirely? i ll explain. next up, a fascinating look inside spy games. both the fictional and nonfictional varieties with columnist and novelist david ignatius. then a look at innovation with the master architect frank gehry. finally, why president bush might have offended some italians on inauguration day. first, here s my take. we hear a lot about leadership these days, mostly in the sense of the failure of leadership, the absence of leadership. certainly that s the view of many people who oppose president obama. but there are also many democrats who believe that president obama has been a disappointment, a bad manager, an ineffectual leader. the conventional wisdom is that obama just doesn t have what it takes to be the kind of leader we need, the kind we have had in the past, someone, for example, like bill clinton,
jet in 172 dressed as a priest. the fbi says wright then forced agents to deliver $1 million ransom dressed only in swim trunks to prove agents had no guns. he flew to algeria and vanished, until now. he was living in a resort town and is now fighting extradition. for a second day workers are hanging outside the washington monument at the very tippy top, checking each marble block. that earthquake that shook the east coast last month did more damage than first thought. these engineers will have to inspect every stone. it will take at least a few days. park officials say they can work through heavy rain, but there f there s any threat of lightning they have to stop. 9 monument s been hit by lightning several times in its history. it is structurally sound. tribal fighters say they shot down a yemeni war jet north of the capital of sanaa today and captured the pilot. the fighters are aligned with a prominent gemny generyemeni gen defected. they raided the base for anti-a
that it does get better. here s a little bit of my story. december 2010, i thought i was bi, and then i always got made fun of because i virtually have no guy friends. and i only have friends that are girls. and it bothered me because we would be like faggot and they would taunt me in the hallways and i felt i never could have escape it. people would constantly send me hate telling me gay people go to hell. he said he got hate messages on the site formspring which allows kids to post anonymous comments about each other and to each other. but back then, as you hear, he said he rose above the negativity. i promise you it will get better. i have so much support from people i don t even know online. i know that sounds creepy, but they re so nice and caring and they don t ever want me to die. two weekends ago after saying good night to his sister, jamie rodemeyer took his own life. he was only 14 years old. his school in williamsville, new york, does have a bullying preventi
people would constantly send me hate, telling me gay people go to hell. jamey said he got hate messages on the social networking site formspring, which allows kids to post anonymous comments about each other and to each other. but back then, as you hear, he said he rose above the negativity. i promise you it will get better. i have so much support from people i don t even know online. i know that sounds creepy, but they re so nice and caring and they don t ever want me to die. two weekends ago, after saying good night to his sister, jamey rodemeyer took his own life. he was only 14 years old. his school in williamsville, new york, does have a bullying prevention program. you ll hear a bit from the local superintendent shortly. a lot of schools now have similar programs and more states are enacting new anti-bullying laws. some, though, are facing resistance from groups saying bullying and intolerance programs promote tolerance of a gay agenda. but jamey was above all tha
that it does get better. here s a little bit of my story. december 2010, i thought i was bi, and then i always got made fun of because i virtually have no guy friends. and i only have friends that are girls. and it bothered me because people would be like faggot, fag and they would taunt me in the hallways and i felt i never could have escape it. people would constantly send me hate, telling me gay people go to hell. jamey said he got hate messages on the social networking site formspring, which allows kids to post anonymous comments about each other and to each other. but back then, as you hear, he said he rose above the negativity. i promise you it will get better. i have so much support from people i don t even know online. i know that sounds creepy, but they re so nice and caring and they don t ever want me to die. two weekends ago, after saying good night to his sister, jamey rodemeyer took his own life. he was only 14 years old. his school in williamsville, new yo