by Jessica Reed
The "funniest story we've heard in a while" indeed, via Grist:
The school board in Federal Way, a southern exurb of Seattle, just
by Tan Copsey
The world wakes a little more worried today as it seems we may be inching towards a conflict no sane human being wants. As I write this
by Jessica Reed
My favourite quote goes to Tony Snow, who last tuesday said during his press briefing:
As far as public opinion, the President will not shape policy according
by Tan Copsey
Today President Bush will announce his new strategy to win the war in Iraq. A so-called ‘surge’, that will entail increasing the number of troops in
by Tan Copsey
Its 22 degrees Celsius in New York in January. The considered wisdom of the openDemocracy crowd that there is a 60% chance that this will be the
by Jessica Reed
Guantanamo’s 5th anniversary is looming. We published a lot about the topic in the past few years, with highlights such as Clive Stafford Smith’s “torture:
by Felix Cohen
David Miliband's recent comments about organic farming have caused uproar in the organic farming community, as organic farmers feel that their livelihood is under attack.
We rip up big-bellied women, and tear children limb from limb by Katherine Hudson
So says Crambe, the anatomist colleague of our hero in the Memoirs of the Extraordinary
by Jessica Reed
In France, it was the most talked-about topic of the holidays. A few weeks ago an association named "Les enfants de Don Quixote" (The
Releasing the normally gruesome pictures of dead leaders is a powerful gesture. It has often been used in the past to mark the end of an era - From the BBC
by Jessica Reed
...George W. Bush('s ghostwriters) wrote editorials for the Wall Street Journal?
To the new members of the 110th Congress, I offer my welcome--and my
by Tan Copsey
picture via preetamrai.
Thailand is in the grips of paranoia after a miserable New Years Eve – six bombs going off around the Bangkok city centre.
The Bangkok
