On July 6, 2003, Joseph Wilson wrote an Op-Ed for the New York Times criticizing the Bush Administration’s rush into the Iraq war. Eight days later, Robert Novak wrote a column revealing Wilson’s wife’s role within the CIA. We may never know exactly what happened within the office of the Vice President and discussions with [...]
Yesterday, I received an email complaining about an Op-Ed in the Washington Post, which the email writer thought was designed to influence the jurors in the Libby trial. I hope none of the jurors are reading the Washington Post’s coverage of the trial or their opinion pages. I also hope none of the jurors are [...]
When people who believe they are in power, feel their power challenged, they often react in threatening ways. In countries without a tradition of democracy powered by freedom of speech, this can take the shape of death squads. Here in the United States, we try to address transitions of power peacefully at the ballot booth. [...]
The day that Anna Nicole Smith died, she was the top search item on Technorati. The second most popular search item was Amanda Marcotte. When I saw this, the juxtaposition struck me. Yet with a few days past now, I’m starting to see connections. On a media education mailing list, people have been complaining about [...]
As the Libby Trial enters the next phase, I’ve found it interesting to ask the question, what is the trial all about. My most literal friends who are following the trial closely respond with comments about perjury and obstruction of justice in Patrick Fitzgerald’s investigation into who leaked the identity of Valerie Plame. Some of [...]
Matthew Bernius responds to my post, Hope is Presidential. He writes, Aldon mentions Ask a Ninja, Hope is Emo, and Lonelygirl15 as YouTube exemplars. I’m not quite sure what the candidates can learn from these content creators, as they all are essentially “old media” examples in the new media space. All of these are professionally [...]
By: Dr. Farooq Hassan ∗
President’s address to Pakistan Ecology Council
Avari Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan
3rd February, 07
In the current debate on environmental and climate changes many perspectives have been examined by concerned scholars and activists. I have already articulated at length the need for meeting the challenges that lie ahead from Islamic perspectives *1. This analysis is thus fundamentally an evaluation of the extent of this monumental problem facing mankind. Consequently, in view of the nature and extent of problems in this area, it is submitted that to obtain real progress ahead it seems necessary to work for a true and genuine international cooperation. This is particularly necessary at this juncture as the Kyoto Protocols are expected to expire in 20 *2. Appropriate thinking and its concomitant remedial steps, if any, have to be devised as such without delay. With these thoughts in mind this presentation anlyses the latest major international efforts that are in evidence on this subject.
As we wade further into the 2008 presidential primary season, we are seeing more and more candidate videos and more and more commentary on such videos. Yet I wonder if somehow the whole point is being missed. Matthew Bernius talks about a tale of two candidate’s video distribution strategies, comparing Obama’s use of BrightCove with [...]
Back in 2004, I was one of the bloggers credentialed to cover the Democratic National Convention in Boston, and was surprised to find how much we bloggers were part of the story. Some of that is because of the scripted nature of conventions with their outcomes already predefined. There wasn’t much for uncertainty, other than [...]