When it comes to war, the bookmaker told me, we make a killing.
He, of course, is not the only one.
Still, accurately predicting the outcome of a war is
Thanks to an unparalleled wizardry with window locks, last night I came into possession of a highly confidential document detailing the plans for a post-Saddam Iraq.
Now, under threat from
* Trumpet blowing
* Chip-frying
* Liberté, Egalité, Pretzels
* Opinion-leaders
* Pop wars: bin Laden versus hammer
* Thought for the week
* Quotes of the week
Trumpet blowing
Two weeks ago, on 7 March, openDemocracy
Naming names
After two weeks in the wilderness, the Diary returns with a whimper (well, several, actually).
The first comes from certain quarters of American conservatism, who, just like they
Unlike so many of my spineless colleagues, busy living it up in their Baghdad bunkers, I have spent the last week soaking up the vibe on the streets of America
Killing the soul
First, to Moscow, where a statue of The Master is causing an uproar.
The Moscow city government plans to erect a monument to Diary favourite Mikhail Bulgakov,
Evolved?
In his latest column for openDemocracy, Dave Belden writes how In the US now, it is just about possible to go from cradle to grave in fundamentalist institutions ... A
Zilch regrets
An article in the New York Times caught the Diarys eye this week.
With Dubyas 2003 State of the Union speech approaching, the Times asks, "
The Current Global Crisis, which I wont trouble myself defining here, can best be understood by the comparison of two lists, brought to my attention by an old friend
I wager, three weeks at my retreat, and the leaders of the world would be giving each other foot rubs, not threatening each other with weapons of mass destruction.
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