I just discovered a very interesting new Moroccan blog in English: Words for Change. Written by a 23-year-old Moroccan journalist, the blog takes on every subject from AIDS to free speech to prostitution in Morocco.
Ted Sorensen, whose recent autobiography I have just finished, was one of John F. Kennedy's closest confidants and a contributor to the formation of the Peace Corps. How appropriate then that his daughter Juliet, now also a successful lawyer like her father, was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco in the mid-90's.
I hardly think warmer relations between Algeria and Morocco are imminent, particularly in light of the parlous state of the Algerian government, but I guess Sarkozy gets points for trying.
For years my wife has reproached me for eating canned sardines, a favorite snack of mine that she cannot abide. Now, of course, the New York Times has come out with this:
Sardines: Dr. Bowden calls them “health food in a can.'’ They are high in omega-3’s, contain virtually no mercury and are loaded with calcium. They also contain iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper and manganese as well as a full complement of B vitamins.How to eat: Choose sardines packed in olive or sardine oil. Eat plain, mixed with salad, on toast, or mashed with dijon mustard and onions as a spread.
And the world's leading exporter of sardines? Morocco, of course!
