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By Griff Wigley, on May 1, 2011, 11:00 pm
NY Times:
President Obama announced late Sunday that Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed in a firefight during an operation he ordered inside Pakistan, ending a 10 year manhunt for the world’s most wanted terrorist. American officials were in possession of his body, he said.
We occasionally discuss national/international issues and events here on LoGro. Not often. This is one of those times.
By Griff Wigley, on May 21, 2010, 8:24 am
Britt Ackerman alerted me to this item/photo posted to the Carleton College Facebook page: Northfield Cafe and Jesse James Bar in Kathmandu
 “Carleton’s influence extends to Nepal. Here’s the Northfield Cafe and Jesse James Bar in Kathmandu founded by Mike Frame, ’62, one of the first Peace Corps volunteers in Nepal. And the best fajitas in Nepal!”
There is also Hotel Northfield nearby. The Huff-Po ran an article last summer titled Return to Shangri-La which included this:
The Northfield Café is a sprawling restaurant, one of the most popular places in Tamel. It serves a large menu of dishes from most cultures except Nepal, but whether it is Southern chicken, salami pizza, tacos, or chocolate cake, the commonality is mediocrity…
The Northfield Café is one of several restaurants and hotels established by Mike Frame, a farm boy from Northfield, Minnesota. Mike was a volunteer in Nepal One. He signed up for a second tour and established a tiny experimental farm in Marek-Kathare, the remote village where I was also stationed. Mike was a peculiar man and he did not want to go home. So he became the father of tourist Thamel. Mike died a few years ago. Thamel is his legacy.
By Griff Wigley, on December 21, 2009, 7:26 am
 With a partial (pyrrhic?) victory (NY Times here or LA Times here) on climate change and a likely one on health care reform, President Obama’s escalation of the war in Afghanistan (the Google Living Stories Project/NY Times) will now share center stage with the economy as the dominant issue in our national consciousness.
Andrew Sullivan’s writing about Obama’s strategy, The Morning After (Dec. 2) and Tragedy of Hope (Dec. 11), resonates with me. One more try, guys.
By Griff Wigley, on December 9, 2009, 7:31 am
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