Stephen Schlesinger ponders out loud at HuffPo
Meantime, How is Ban Ki-Moon Doing?
My impression of Ban Ki Moon so far is that he plays his cards very close to his chest. He moves cautiously, as befits a new UN Secretary-General and seems to be very conscious of not making a wrong move. I have met him once and thought he had an intelligent, sensitive face.
He seemed to be a friendly chap. But, while so far there is little in his pronouncements that I can disagree with — he makes the right progressive gestures — on Darfur, on the death penalty (though it took him 24 hours to do so), on reforming the UN management, on upgrading the Human Rights Council– he does not possess the passion or soul which Kofi Annan had.
Good.
In the meantime, I wonder how is the HuffPo doing? Everytime I go there it seems that my pop-up blocker has to block more ads. Are they running short of cash like their favorite radio network, or are they just trying to pester away those who don’t really care what they have to say?