Finally I understand why journalists go so ga-ga over the inanities of campaigns: for the past few decades, they’ve believed that campaigns expose the true grit of a leader. Now, at least one of them regrets that assumption, born of the influential book What it Takes. Perhaps this heralds a new start for political journalists [...]
In case the political themes of the regular-season episodes of Battlestar Galactica aren’t clear enough, BSG:Razor provides a mini-case study of the dangers of unbridled militarism. I was very lucky to have seen this movie on the big screen Monday night thanks to my friend Matt’s quick-fingered grabbing of the free offer. (Possible spoilers ahead, [...]
There’s something about the incongruity of saffron-robed monks and black-suited lawyers protesting in the streets that gets you to think that there’s something really worth fighting for.
Whatever jokes comedians crack about the legal profession, these attorneys are risking their lives and freedoms to protest Musharraf’s declaration of emergency rule and dismissal of Pakistan’s chief justice.
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