Rupert Murdoch is a genius. Genius I tell ya! The Times has lost almost 90% of its online readership compared to February since making registration mandatory in June, calculations by the Guardian show. Unregistered users of thetimes.co.uk are now “bounced” to a Times+ membership page where they have to register if they want to view […]
Funny how stories like this don’t get too much attention in the U.S.: The Vatican was today rocked by a sex scandal reaching into Pope Benedict’s household after a chorister was sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting. Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness, was caught by police on a wiretap […]
This is something interesting that I never thought of. It’s from the Guardian, so it is in the U.K., but I bet the same thing would apply here: The rapid introduction of full body scanners at British airports threatens to breach child protection laws which ban the creation of indecent images of children, the Guardian […]
The Guardian is reporting that the Obama team has signaled they may open some low-level diplomacy with Hamas: The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon George Bush’s doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a channel to the Islamist organisation, sources close to the transition team say. The move to open contacts with Hamas, which […]
A column in the Guardian really takes a different look at the conflict in Georgia. The byline alone is an eye catcher: War in the Caucasus is as much the product of an American imperial drive as local conflicts. It’s likely to be a taste of things to come It deserves a thorough read as […]
You think of the images of Bush and the prince of Saudi Arabia holding hands in front of the ranch and about want to puke. Bush supporters of course think it is a sign of unity between the United States and the Middle East. But what if it is just a show and Bush in […]