https://freerepublic.com/tag/carle/ en-us Wed, 26 May 2021 23:42:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3962725/posts Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, has died at age 91. Carle's family says he died Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, with family members at his side. The family's announcement was issued by Penguin Young Readers. “Heaven just got more colorful,” Peter H. Reynolds, author and illustrator of “The Dot,” wrote in tribute on Twitter. Carle, he said, “made his mark, splashing bravely and inspiring those around him to do the same.” CLICKORLANDO https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3962725/posts#comment Wed, 26 May 2021 23:42:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045493/posts Former CIA agent: "We do not face a global jihadist 'movement'" Glenn L. Carle "was a member of the CIA's Clandestine Service for 23 years and retired in March 2007 as deputy national intelligence officer for transnational threats." In "Overstating Our Fears" in the Washington Post, July 13, he says this: We do not face a global jihadist "movement" but a series of disparate ethnic and religious conflicts involving Muslim populations, each of which remains fundamentally regional in nature and almost all of which long predate the existence of al-Qaeda. In a circulating e-mail, LTC Joseph Myers, who has served... Jihad Watch https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045493/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:46:23 GMT