Knowing next to nothing about Honduras I am forced to rely on perusing the world’s media. Ousted President Zelaya is cranking up a lot of international pressure in his favour: The Organization of American States has suspended Honduras in protest at the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya. The rare decision was […]
Is here. At Philobiblon, often Green, always feminist. A couple of links caught my eye. Can a blogger be a credible candidate for Parliament, or are there likely to be too many free-thinking hostage to fortune quotes on the blog for oponents to dig out? Libertarian Lib-Dem Charlotte Gore reckons […]
An intriguing story (and a cross response) here. Basically, the USA has decided to press on with its new policy of inviting Iranian diplomats to the US 4th of July celebrations (US National Day equivalent) round the world, despite the grisly regime behaviour in Iran itself. As a gesture with a […]
A pseudonymous fellow blogger (PFB) and I have had an exchange re privacy and the Night Jack story: CC: Do you really think that if you get up in public as a blogger does and start banging on, you also have the right to get an injunction based on ‘privacy’ […]
My good pal John Sawers is to take over as Head of MI6, the first (mainly) FCO person to do so although he did start off there a while ago before crossing to join the FCO. He enjoyed a brisk ride to the top with an unusual amount of sharp-end […]
I posted a comment on another Iran piece by Michael Totten at Commentary Contentions: Another good ploy is to make clear that Western governments will do everything possible to expose the names of individuals in the regime suspected of ordering or encouraging acts of brutality against unarmed citizens, and to help […]
Mark Steyn picks up my earlier piece on Iran but is disinclined to offer the Obama Administration the benefit of any doubt: Our concerns are largely irrelevant: Obama? They don’t care about his speeches. The nukes? They’ll happen regardless, with wide support. This election was stolen for reasons of internal […]
Talk about Hopey Change. Things have moved into a dizzying new universe when the EU makes a rather brisker set of noises on Iran than the USA. Here is the worst utterance of a US Presidential spokesperson – ever: Obviously, we continue to have concern about what we’ve seen. Obviously, the […]
Obama fan Camille Paglia looks at that Cairo speech, and is less impressed than she had hoped to be. Thus: Obama’s speech (which I read rather than heard) seemed to my teacher’s eye like a strong first draft rather than a polished final product… The Cairo speech is well-organized, ticking […]
An anonymous commenter/blogger keeps nagging away at you in comments on your website which you think are annoying or unfair. You find out who s/he is. Are you behaving properly if you announce on your site the person’s name to make them go away or at least calm down, the […]
