IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME since a new store, the brick-and-mortar kind, for those of you who can remember, has set out to do something more surprising than sell clothes.
This came from the man they remember as having set some sort of record during 32 years on the back benches for the number of times he rebelled against the Labour leadership, with no concern at all for message discipline.
If President Clinton is bold enough to take advantage of this opportunity, he will be remembered as having set an example to the world that peacemaking and reconciliation begin at home, in the Americas.
I remember having my sights set on someone when I was 12, but that was without knowing either myself or any of the people who would later come into my life.
I had just run the "Blue Mile," lined with American flags and photos of servicemen and women who'd died in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and high-fived Lisa Hallett, who founded the group, Wear Blue: Run to Remember, that had set up that inspiring stretch.
Set up meetings with people I can't ever remember having heard of, or talked to.
It said the he had encouraged people to self-immolate because he called on Tibetans not to celebrate Losar, the Tibetan new year, in February to remember those who have set themselves on fire.
"It was important, politically, to remember that Britain had set a strong humanitarian example in 1938, which undoubtedly saved the lives of many people who would otherwise have ended up in the gas chambers," he says.
Two hours later, after fighting several fires, solving other people's problems, and dealing with whatever happened to be thrown at me through my computer and phone, I could hardly remember what I had set out to accomplish when I first turned on my computer.
Before you dismiss them, remember that they have set the tone for interfaith dialogue for decades.
