Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair on Wednesday to become Britain’s 52nd prime minister, charged with healing wounds over Iraq and restoring public faith in a Labour government in order to win a fourth consecutive term. After waiting 10 years for Blair to go, Brown must contend with a resurgent opposition Conservative Party as he strives […]
IFEX condemns killing; death threats vs Filipino journalists
Politics has again ruled its ugly head on the just concluded Philippine elections by threatening journalists who were assigned to cover the local election in Mindanao, with bodily harm. The threats were coursed through the text messages sent to the journalists’ cellphones. But one of them was not lucky enough to evade the bullet that […]
East of Tragedy
The intimate portrait of a New Orleans East couple who are in the midst of rebuilding their home and recovering the pieces of a joyful life twenty months after the levees broke. Beatrice Haynes anxiously walked up to the single story home she and her husband Milton, both 48, have owned in New Orleans East […]
Know the score – score an own goal
As anyone who is interested in soccer knows, own goals are a fact of life. Accidental own goals at any rate. Looking at the many examples on Youtube shows you how misdirected clearances, wayward back passes, and wicked deflections end up nestling in the player’s own net. But players who deliberately score own goals are […]
The Art Of Public Speaking
In a survey of worst fears, public speaking was second only to death. Many years ago, Dr. Ralph C. Smedley recognized the need to overcome this fear. In October 1924, a group of men led by Dr. Smedley met in the basement of the YMCA in Santa Ana, California. Their purpose? To form an […]
Soccer Fanatics
La Plata, Argentina — It is difficult to overstate the importance of soccer in Argentina. In Castellano, the dialect of Spainish specific to the River Platte and greater Buenos Aires province, you are not a supporter of your favorite soccer team, you are from that team. “I have been from Estudiantes before I […]