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 [...]
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
Foreign Affairs – Campaign 2000: Promoting the National Interest – Condoleezza RiceSummary: With no Soviet threat, America has found it exceedinglydifficult to define its “national interest.” Foreign policy in aRepublican administration should refocus the country on key priorities:building a military ready to ensure American power, coping with rogueregimes, and managing Beijing and Moscow. Above all, [...]
Talk about media distortion Bush has been painted an idiot while Kerry was painted an intellectual. Seems that might be incorrect….
This pictorial is absolutely amazing…. Spend some time with it.
The campaign has already begun? Apparently a whole bunch of people think so, this is one of a handful of websites already gearing up for the Condi for President Campaign. Update: As an intrepid reader pointed out I failed to mention American’s For Rice. This site is particularly well done with lots of information about [...]
The Economist had a fascinating story about the impact of technology on the developing world. In particular how mobile phones are really impacting the poorest nations on earth. Consider the case of the telephone man. Using a mico-loan a villager will buy a cellphone. When the cellphone rings he will take it to the person [...]
That bastion of all things newsworthy and curmudgeonly, The News Hour, just had some images of famous blogs, yes the likes of InstaPundit, Buzz Machine, etc… Fascinating analysis indeed. Bloggers welcome to the mainstream…
The president comes out punching and he isn’t holding back. He put the challenge directly to congress, what will be the state of our children’s union?