Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Here are some difficult and important articles
William Easterly lays out the idea that the theory of development is as equally difficult and dangerous as the theories of fascism and communism. This article from foreign affairs in summary can be found in total at
An article proposes that Robert Zoellick could use the bank’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2007 | No Comments »
The power of a coherent story across names, events and episodes. these stories on Cheney and Justice in Alabama (Rove) show the way.
‘A Different Understanding With the President’
By Barton Gellman and Jo BeckerWashington Post Staff Writers Sunday, June 24, 2007; Page A01
Just past the Oval Office, in the private dining room overlooking the [...]
Posted in US now, deep conflict issues, history on June 23, 2007 | No Comments »
A few excerpts. I am not knowledgeable abot the details, but the general tone of cutting through the fog and the human realities of “enemies” feels right. Worth a reading, this first of a five part article.
With President George W Bush’s choice of ex-Central Intelligence Agency director Robert Gates to take over the Pentagon, this [...]
Posted in Gardenworld positive, politics on June 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Looking at efforts to reach a “centrist” politics. I’ve argued (GardenWorld draft) that there is majority view , but it is not the average or a compromise between the two party positions. the real majority view lies off to the side so to speak, because both parties are in agreement about maintaining the centrality of current power and profit.
Bloomberg and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2007 | No Comments »
linking security and world povery.
Daschle: ‘New Paradigm’ Of Foreign Policy Links Global Poverty With Security »
Today, the ONE Campaign launched ONE Vote ‘08, which will push presidential candidates to “make the fight against global poverty a key foreign policy and security issue.” ONE Vote ‘08 plans to spend at least $30 million to educate voters [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Due to military victory in 1870 and successes in the fields of commerce and industry, this country has arrived at a kind of religion of power, which has found fitting and by no means exaggerated expression in Treitschke. This religion holds almost all intellectuals in its sway; it has eradicated almost completely the ideals of [...]
Posted in daily notes on June 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Would it be good to have a Kurdistan? The map is convincing.
But it intersects with the ambitions of Maliki and Provokes the Turks. Asian Times explores. Could the US be setting Maliki up for a coup?
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2007 | No Comments »
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The rest of us have to take seriously the situation they were in. There are the unspoken issues: lack of cultural experts in the conversation, the desire already to go to war,and the place of Israel.
After the attacks of 9/11, the dreaded Bush administration asked itself what other act of terror might be in store [...]
