When a motion picture story makes $1.12 billion in its world wide box office in the first week of release you have to believe there is something beyond technology at work, drawing people to see it. And after two viewings of Avatar, flatscreen and 3-D, I’m impressed with the storyline for these reasons: 1. Its […]
Egypt: And this one goes to Djamila Bouhired
Algeria’s 75-year-old activist and revolutionist Djamila Bouhired, is ill and is beseeching her country and countrymen to finance her medical treatment. The news has infuriated many Egyptian bloggers who see her as an Arab icon and a hero. Writing at Egyptian Chronicles, Zeinobia believes that we as Arabs are good at destroying national heros: Djamila Bouhired has sent an open […]
EPA Administrator Forecasts Potential Shift on Bush-Era Drilling Loophole
Signaling the potential for an important policy reversal, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said in a congressional hearing on Tuesday that the agency would consider revisiting its controversial position that a popular natural gas drilling technique doesn’t harm groundwater. A 2004 study [1] (PDF) conducted by the EPA concluded that hydraulic fracturing [2] — […]
Bridge the gap between promise, potential and performance: J&K Governor
Expressing that speed, adequacy and timeliness of the delivery of public services were central to good governance, the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir , N N Vohra, on Monday expressed confidence that the popularly-elected Government would address the new found aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and focus onthe gap between promise, potential and performance. […]
Mumbai Aftermath: Will US sincerely sort this regional mess?
In the aftermath of Mumbai tragedy Saeed Minhas writes from Islamabad: Reading ‘the sovereignty dodge’ written by Robert Kagan of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in The Washington Post, my mind had the flashes of the then secretary of state in the first Bush Jnr. administration Gen. (Retd) Colin Powel showing satellite pictures to the […]
Iraq to IGMFU – A McCain Meltdown?
7 22 08 Iraq to IGMFU – A McCain Meltdown? By Mary Lyon Is John McCain in a meltdown? Can this campaign be saved? Can the dots remain unconnected? I don’t know about the first two other than just observing from the sidelines. But the third one I can take a crack at. I’ll try […]
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