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Two Tapes and the Fallibility of the Outrage Industry
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is empowered by the system to provide commentary as well as reporting.. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Riyadh: Friday 20th September 2012 Two video’s in the space of the week; both...
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Reflections on Warsaw in the Autumn
English: Destroyed Warsaw, the capital of Poland, January 1945 Polski: Stare Miasto po Powstaniu Warszawskim. Widok na Kanonię i Rynek. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Warsaw: Tuesday 23rd October 2012 The...
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For the Pan Arabist Political Pygmy’s there is no eternal rest
English: Arafat and Barak in peace negotiations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Riyadh: Tuesday 27th November 2012: We should be extremely careful in seeking to apply western proverbial wisdom to scenarios...
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In Praise of Old Technologies: Part 3: The Diary
Diary (Photo credit: Barnaby) Riyadh: Friday 30th November 2012 This might seem like a wee bit of a cheat. I have already written in praise of the book as an old technology. Moreover, in and of itself,...
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The Story of Fairness: Part 1: Shape-Shifter
Hard to pin down. Is fairness in our DNA? (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Riyadh: Monday 3rd December 2012 I have wanted to write about the concept of fairness since before I have considered blogging. And...
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The Story of Fairness: Part 4: Fairness and Job’s
David Lloyd George: The Peoples Budget changed the direction of liberal thought. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Riyadh: Wednesday 5th December 2012: In his book, Civilization, The West and The Rest, the...
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Geopolitical Realities: Part 1: Obama, Britain & The EU
Schengen Agreement (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Riyadh: Saturday 19th January 2013 No one who has followed American politics for the last 18 months can be in any doubt that President Obama cuts a slightly...
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Democracy, History and the Lessons of the Iraq War
President George W. Bush applauds former Prime Minister Tony Blair after presenting him Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, with the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom during ceremonies in the East Room of the...
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Freedom and ‘The Dictatorship of the Majority’
World map showing the 2008 (based in 2007 data) countries considered “electoral democracies” (in blue), according to American organization Freedom House. Reference: Freedom in the World 2010; Freedom...
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Reflections on a visit to Portsmouth Naval Dockyard; The Fighting Temeraire,...
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 19th September 2013 In 2005 listeners to BBC Radio 4′s The Today Program (the flagship...
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