Month: December 2007

What are you doing tonight?

To hear media luminaries like MSNBC’s Chris Matthews tell it last week, Benazir Bhutto’s return to Pakistan in October was the second coming of Eva Peron, and her assassination was the second slaying of Archduke...

     It has always amazed me how the media, politicians, and pundits will elevate someone in death to a place they wouldn’t give them in life. I am often reminded of the eulogy given by Ted Kennedy (probably...

. Democracy ends as post-electoral violence sweeps Kenya NAIROBI (AFP) – The European Union’s team of election observers acknowledged fraud and questioned the accuracy of the ballot results. “We regret that it...

It’s odd.  There have, over the last couple days, been several diaries in the Orange Locale in which the denizens express angst. 1 diary indicated a lack of diversity in opinion Another diary expressed over much...