Hogging the Headlines...

Michael Gerson, one of President George W. Bush's top policy advisers and former chief speechwriter is stepping down to pursue other opportunities. Gerson had been crafting major speeches for Bush since joining the former Texas governor's presidential campaign in 1999.

With the depature of Gerson, perhaps we can look forward to more Bushisms such as "more and more of our imports are coming from overseas".

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United Nations human rights experts are calling for the closure of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba after the suicide of three detainees (conspiracy theories surround the suicides but we're not going there). President George W. Bush acknowledged this request by stating that Guantanamo Bay should indeed be shut down because it has damaged the U.S. image abroad but first they need a plan to deal with the "darn dangerous" people in there.

I see now why I'm not the President of the United States. My simple brain thought the topic for the day was "human rights" but I was obviously wrong. The crux of the matter was public relations!

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Bill Gates, on the other hand, shows his more humanitarian side by stepping down from the day-to-day operations of Microsoft to take a more active role in his charitable foundation. He insists he's not retiring but merely reshuffling his priorities.

I'm thinking that with a net worth of US$50 billion (all the more impressive as it is "self-made" rather than "inherited") at the age of 50, what the world's richest man means by "reshuffling his priorities" is "quiting while I'm ahead".