More than paved roads, more than functioning healthcare, more than governmental transparency, every country must have a foundational epic film. As if robust economic growth was not enough, China boasts
By Tan Copsey
So anyone with even a passing familiarity with either youtube Comedy Central, or less relevantly US television news, will likely have seen the clip of Bill Clinton
By Jessica Reed
We mentionned a couple of blog entries ago that Daniel Ellsberg was going to be the guest of the Stephen Colbert's show this week. Some
By Richard Young
Yesterday Tom Nairn wrote in his oD article on Stephen Frears' The Queen, "Like poets, film directors and scriptwriters may sometimes try to be unacknowledged
By Kanishk Tharoor
The rise to power this week of Shinzo Abe, Japan's new prime minister, has spread ripples of concern through the global press. Abe's
By Jessica Reed
"I love my Mac. I just wish it came in green".
Greenpeace's new campaign lets go of any anger, adopting a mild flattering
By Josh Gregory
Witness is an independent nonprofit organization, founded by musician and activist Peter Gabriel. In its own words, it ‘uses the power of video to open the eyes
By Josh Gregory
Last week, the British entrepreneur Richard Branson pledged a predicted $3bn towards investment in new environmentally-friendly biofuel businesses. However, as I predicted, George Monbiot, the popular
By Jessica Reed
Tariq Ramadan is a controversial Swiss islamologist and scholar who publishes the bulk of his academic work in French. To many, he is Europe's leading
By Jessica Reed
Ian Mackenzie is a media-graduate freelance writer and web-designer based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He wrote extensively about human rights, Buddhism and modern media, and
By Tan Copsey
Much of the noise coming out of the US over the last week has focussed on an apparent split between a small group of Congressional Republicans and
Virtual markets for prediction have been around a while - HP was using an internal sweep-stake to forecast printer demand in the early 1990s, and found that it was much
