By: Peter Daou on May 11, 2005 20% of Roger L. Simon’s blog entries during the month of April make reference to the Oil-for-Food controversy. 0% of Roger L. Simon’s blog entries during April make reference to the following UN-related issues: Tackling the threat of transnational organized crime Shipping supplies to millions of Iraqi schoolchildren Controlling the Marburg virus Building thousands of homes for tsunami victims Partnering with the private sector to meet humanitarian needs Reducing child mortality rates Rehabilitating Iraq’s marshlands Eradicating polio Rebuilding lives in Afghanistan Fighting the global malaria epidemic Curbing the world’s most hazardous pollutants Improving global disaster and emergency response Building a sustainable future ________ Is Simon’s hyper-focus on a single UN-related issue based on deep convictions? Unbending principles? Moral outrage? Maybe. Then again, there’s his explanation: “Thanks to the Secretary General of the United Nations for providing this blog with its first 50,000+ visitor day.” – Roger L. Simon
