It is the day after the longest day of the year... which means here in Amsterdam, it will probably be dark only for 3 or 4 hours tonight. And in celebration, Im off to meet a boatload of strangers from hospitalityclub.org, for some kind of pagan party. You...
They call it a missile defense system and tell the public it will protect them from attacks by rogue nations. Yet after hundreds of billions of dollars in military contracts, a plethora of failed tests, and a long list of international disagreements, missile defense is still being developed...
Well I can't ignore all the mainstream subjects... I have to write something about Sicko, Michael Moore's new film. (which you can watch, in two parts, here) I'm sure you've heard something about it. And Im also sure you can go anywhere in the blogosphere and people will...
Highly recommended reading from two of my favorite people reporting from the continent of Africa. First: My friend Pauline, one of my favorite journalists in the world, has been reporting from Sierra Leone. From the poverty of Freetown to how people view the Special UN court, she communicates some amazing...
Staying with the issue of Darfur, on the heels of yesterday's podcast, I noticed an interesting study on public opinion of the Darfur situation in the US, published on the PEW center's site. (love PEW center because I have the patience and the time to read through their numbers...
