6/25/08 The G in GOP Stands for Ghoul By Mary Lyon I’ve heard of rooting for the bad guys, but this is ridiculous. John McCain’s elite adviser Charlie Black opined to Fortune magazine that if there were another terrorist strike against our country in time for the general election, it "certainly would be a big […]
Colonial Democracy
Reading about the reports about the Gujjar agitation and the fact that apparently the Rajasthan government is seeking out alternate Gujjar leadership, I wonder some times about the nature of our democracy. Democracy is meant to be an inclusive process, listening to different and even divergent voices and then arrive at a decision that, […]
Xenophobia Plagues South Africa
by Muhammad Karim Extremely violent attacks on foreigners in South Africa in the last days have stirred the entire South African media and of course… blogs. Individual bloggers question whether the government is right to call these attacks “xenophobic”, and criticize the media for being too event-driven to address the causes behind the violence. Here’s a […]
Iraq: BlogIraq is Dead
by Salam Adil I am sad to report the death of Ahmed the writer of the blog BlogIraqwho was murdered in the Al-Mansour district of Baghdad. May he rest in peace. Iraqi bloggers are a close-knit community and we mourn the death of fellow bloggers as if it is from our own family. There is not one family in Iraq […]
Israel: Bush’s Last Presidential Visit
by Maya Norton On the heels of its 60th birthday celebrations, President Bush visited Israel this week, marking his second and last presidential visit to the Middle Eastern state. While mainstream national newspapers argued as to whether Bush’s visit avoided or affirmed key issues in the nation, Israeli bloggers had their hackles raised by the President’s address […]
Brazil and Orkut: Made for Each Other?
by Daniel Duende Orkut, Google’s experiment onSocial Networking Services, is extremely popular in Brazil. More than 53% of Orkut users is Brazilian — even more, if you take into account Brazilian’s profiles that don’t show their country information and profiles by Brazilians living abroad — and more than 70% percent of Brazil’s Internet users are actually profiled and […]
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