New York Times - Oct. 20, 2009

I thought the narrative on the front page was a phenomenal story, detailing a first person account of a man being held captive by Taliban soldiers. I thought the person who wrote it recounted it perfectly and then translated it to script extremely well. I really liked the beginning, how it started off right in the action of passing by an army vehicle of Pakistan. I doubt that he recorded everything while he was being held as a hostage, which means that he did a great job of remembering direct quotes that Taliban leaders and other officials said to him while he was imprisoned. Nicely done with the narrative, New York Times.

In other news, President Obama will be flying to New York tomorrow for a Democratic Party meeting with all of the chief investors and donors to his campaign. However, most of the biggest donors and financial giants won't be attending. Part of the reason, as listed in the article, was that "Wall Street titans profiting from their government bailout may use their winnings to give back to Washington in return." According to Scott Talbot, a lobbyist for the industry’s Financial Services Roundtable, showing up at the benefit could make a donor a target for criticism.