Month: December 2009

. Uninvestigated terrorism warning about Detroit suspect called not unusual (Washington Post) — The youngest of 16 children of a prominent Nigerian bank executive, and the son of the second of his father’s two wives,...

Ezra Klein is right. The Senate is broken and we have to deal with it. I particularly liked this metaphor. Law professor Lawrence Lessig often compares the dysfunctions of the Congress to the woes of an alcoholic. An alcoholic,...

Half the population of Gaza are children. Over 300 died during Israel’s massacre one year ago. “Obama talks about love while justifying wars, but in the Middle East, neither works”, says Christopher Dickey in...

What percentage of the population do you think understands what non-pejorative means?

. Dubai’s Labor Ghetto (Asia Sentinel) Feb 18, 2008 — Although Dubai and its neighboring Gulf emirates have posted economic growth in recent years that would embarrass China, much of it is built on an invisible...