In Her Defense, I'm Sure the Moose Had It Coming – Aaron Sorkin Aaron Sorkin asfalta Sarah Palin sull'Huffington Post WikiLeaks supporters and lawyers spinning with the best of them – Alastair Campbell "They continue to control the process by which the US cables are leaked, using well-worn spin techniques for maximum impact – nothing [...] Sullo stesso tema:links for 2010-04-06 links for 2009-11-20 “Micro-megalomaniac”
Is It Better to Save No One? – Nicholas D. Kristof "It has been exceptionally rare for major powers to intervene militarily for predominantly humanitarian reasons. One example was the US-led Kosovo campaign in 1999, and another was Britain’s dispatch of troops to Sierra Leone in 2000 to end the brutal civil war there. Both [...]
Il Wall Street Journal ha oggi ben tre pezzi dedicati alla crisi italiana. Il primo comincia così. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s penchant for dramatic flourishes is out of sync with a slow-burning debt crisis that demands steady political leadership and a clear plan to tackle Italy’s chronically low economic growth, some analysts and observers say. In the [...]
La storia dello storico motto del New York Times, "le sette parole più famose del giornalismo americano"
Venticinque anni fa oggi uscì la canzone che cambiò la carriera dei REM
Il Guardian ha lanciato un’indagine online per capire il perché dei tumulti di Tottenham a partire da chi vi ha partecipato. Thanks to live reporting and tweeting from reporters and eyewitnesses on the ground, a clear picture of what happened, and its aftermath, is rapidly emerging. What will take longer to emerge, however, is any sense [...]
La campagna del presidente ha messo ieri online una "cassettina" ufficiale di 29 canzoni: un po' classici del soul, un po' rock, un po' indie, poco hip-hop
A top ten list of the best things of EXPO 2015 and why they are worth a visit
Anche stavolta, leggo questa notizia sulla richiesta da parte del BBC Trust di maggiori “rischi creativi” nel palinsesto di BBC Radio e inevitabilmente penso a Radiorai. In an unexpected move, the Trust also subjected BBC1, the corporation’s flagship channel, to pointed criticism, saying its evening schedule should be more “ambitious and distinctive” and telling executives to [...]
Altre dichiarazioni di Letta su Berlusconi riportate dall'ambasciatore americano Thorne: e complimenti dei due per Bersani e D'Alema