Dam and Skyscraper Construction in the Past Was ahead of its Time Yemen – A brief history North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI and became a republic in 1962. In 1967 the British withdrew from the Aden area, which they had occupied since 1839, and this […]
Thou Shalt Not Vote
Thou Shalt Not Vote, without full information…Thou shalt think for youselves…but you can use some help getting yourself to the polls. I’m protesting by not voting in the NY primary. You know why? Well, as I updated in my facebook status, I’m a dumbass, for thinking that I could wait until I got to work […]
DKNY Swings Into the 70s
Twenty years ago, Donna Karan was wondering what to call her less expensive range of chic, black urban women swear, when her eye alighted on a shoe box bearing the legend "Maud Frizon/Paris, London" and the name Donna Karan New York, or DKNY, was born. Yesterday’s DKNY show was the first major show of this […]
Caribbean: Obama in Iowa
By Janine Mendes-Franco Senator Barack Obama‘s astounding success in Iowa – the first of the caucuses that will ultimately result in the victorious nominee from each of the two main political parties going on to contest the 2008 US presidential election – has struck a chord with many Caribbean bloggers. Posts range from the coverage […]
Photographer Capa’s Lost Treasure Chest Unearthed
A lost treasure trove containing thousands of negatives by one of the world’s most famous photographers, Robert Capa, has been recovered. Hailed as the ‘holy grail’ of photojournalism, the discovery of the long-mourned cache of photographs after almost 70 years has sent shockwaves through the photography world. ‘This is the formative work of a photographer […]
The Market Is Inefficient
Frankfurt, Germany, January 2008 “The market is inefficient”. There I said it. I know that I am committing an inexcusable act of apostasy, especially for a master of business administration. But volatility in the world financial markets this week brings the issue into focus. Even the liberal bastion, the Financial Times, is musing about the meaning of these convolutions. […]
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