A London court has rejected Serbia’s application to get former Bosnian/Bosniac leader Ejup Ganic extradited to Belgrade to face charges on the infamous Dobrovoljacka Street killings in Sarajevo in 1992. The word ‘rejected‘ perhaps does not do justice to District Judge Timothy Workman’s demolition of Serbia’s case. Perhaps ‘blew to smithereens beyond […]
The European Stability Initiative do lots of good solid analytical/policy work. Have a look at this ingenious proposal for resolving the absurd problem of Greek opposition to Macedonia’s name: How can this conundrum be resolved? It can be done through a constitutional amendment in Skopje that changes the name of […]
Is hosted by Mr Eugenides. A double round-up this week. Linking to Thatcher Derangement Syndrome. A more than comprehensive analysis by Brian Barder of the al-Megrahi/Libya business. And a lumbering waddle into the droll world of fat queer activists: I’m a working stiff, a tired artist, and an aspiring public intellectual […]
Remember this piece about David Horowitz on Christopher Hitchens? Are you busy, with lots to do? Forget all that, and read this long transcript of American conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in conversation with Hitchens, now on heavy cancer treatment. Hitchens is a ferociously well read and knowledgeable person. He is a […]
I was chatting to a senior oil executive the other day (as one does), and I asked how that vast multinational corporation ran its top speech-writing function. "Oh,we have the usual – a team of young speechwriters, which is what you need these days." Really? Why do you need young […]
I am looking at buying some fitted bookcases for our next house. This website looks OK: Built-in Solutions. But as I read on, my heart sinks: We are always prompt and curtius…All Furniture is made in our workshop, that means all the mess generally associated with construction is not carried […]
Toy Story 3 is just superb. Go and see it. One highlight is Barbie abruptly hollering out one of the greatest ideas of Thomas Jefferson: Authority should derive from the consent of the governed; not from the threat of force Hurrah! Yet … what if those governing start off that way, […]
The International Bar Association’s Annual Conference is this year in Vancouver in early October. And I am honoured to be included on their speaker’s list.
Here. Be shocked, as the Truth is revealed.
Welcome Browser and other new readers. After reading my thoughts below, check out this piece I wrote back in 2008 about inat. If you don’t understand inat, you can’t understand Kosovo or Serbia or anything about former Yugoslavia. Sorry, but there it is. * * * * * The International […]
