Blog Entries by Stacie Nevadomski Berdan
Obama's Right: More Americans Should Learn a Second Language
An avalanche of criticism from English-only advocates has tumbled down around US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's recent comment that Americans should get their children to study Spanish or another second language. Obama is absolutely right. We live in a global economy and whether it's Spanish, French, Russian or...
Navigating the Olympics, One Character at a Time
Posted July 29, 2008 | 12:41 PM (EST)
On August 8, the world arrives in China for the 29th Summer Olympic Games. Not all of the world, of course, but an estimated 3.5 million will be on hand somewhere in the Middle Kingdom (in addition to the primary host city of Beijing, official events will also take place...
Economic Slowdown in U.S. Creates Opportunities Overseas for Americans
Posted April 30, 2008 | 03:58 PM (EST)
Continued market jitters, increased layoffs and the decline of the U.S. dollar are causing angst in professional circles here in the U.S. Worries about the viability of sub-prime mortgage lending have hit financial systems hard, while soaring oil prices have affected most every other sector. Economic slowdown, recession, hard times...
More Students Should Study Abroad
Posted September 4, 2007 | 05:43 PM (EST)
This fall, more than 200,000 American college students will set out on a glorious adventure. After receiving well wishes from worried parents, they will board planes for various destinations to spend either part or all of the academic year abroad.
My nephew, a junior at Middlebury College,...
Last night, John McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis...
In a candid interview via satellite from China, Olympic...
Update: Keith Olbermann had Rachel Maddow on "Countdown" Tuesday night to celebrate...
"How honest are we if we tell the truth most of the time &...
I must admit that listening to McCain answer Pastor Rick Warren's questions...
Obama's been to Hawaii. We're moving...
UPDATE: A day after Roseanne's blogs from below...
RENO, Nev. — So much for hugging in church. A day after Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged...
Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps. With all the play his name gets right now,...
NEW YORK — The suspense didn't quite compare to the identity of "Deep Throat,"...
As much as I dreaded turning 30, believe it or not I'm actually starting to...
Turning conventional neuroscience on its head, new research suggests the...
BURKE, N.Y. -- Everywhere that Janet and Ken Tacy...
Posted August 4, 2008 | 11:25 AM (EST)