Foreign Affairs presents some the most insightful analysis of the geopolitical picture of any magazine. I frequently spend hours browsing its archive to find some incredible nuggets like Condoleezza Rice’s Campaign 2000: Promoting the National Interest. Once again Foreign Affairs has a piece that is a must read: Saddam’s Delusions: The View from the Inside. [...]
The face of censorship is alive and well in China, as usual, a fascinating piece in the Washington Post. Just a small snippet: “Then, in August, Li Erliang proposed a point system for awarding bonuses to the paper’s staff members. Reporters would receive 100 points if their articles were praised by provincial officials, 120 if [...]
Applying complexity theory to current & future affairs. Fascinating stuff, E. O. Wilson gives the keynote. Check it out at Comdig Webcast-Podcast: Illuminating the Shadow of the Future
James Shikwati, african economist, has a fascinating perspective on the state of aid to Africa. Essentially comes down to this: STOP IT! Read all about it at: SPIEGEL Interview with African Economics Expert Technorati Tags : Africa, politics, economics
Occasionally humanity is graced with certain special souls, Hamilton Naki was one of those very special souls. I was so moved by the deeds of such a humble yet great man that I have retained his obituary for reading when things get tough or inspiration is needed. When reading about his life in the Economist [...]
This (http://www.lnreview.co.uk/news/005167.php) letter to the London Times says it perfectly. London is a great city, and the Brits a great people, we stand with you.
Let’s face it, TV is dying. That morass of crap is slowly but surely becoming irrelevant, good riddance I say. I recently heard a statistic that soap operas are experiencing an amazing drop in viewer-ship and the entire tv industry was puzzled. That’s right, they are puzzled why they are losing viewers and are befuddled [...]