Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A Conversation with Michael Kelly
The Atlantic are carrying the final interview of journalist and editor at large of the Atlantic, before he was killed while working in Iraq. Brilliant stuff.
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News Analysis: No one rises to speak for Europe
John Vinocur again on why Europe still has no confidence in foreign relations. He believes that because it was the South African president that announced the EU’s initiative on HIV/AIDS, Europe lacks leadership.
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Rick Bragg's Byline Brouhaha
Deb has got the story on Rick Bragg’s resignation from the NY Times. Great stuff as ever Deb!
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FCC's Powell must be held to his word
Dan Gillmor vents some anger at Colin Powells son and the FCC for changing the rules on media ownership. Monday, barring an 11th-hour change of bureaucratic heart, the Federal Communications Commission will give a gaggle of powerful corporations a gift of enormous value. The three Republican commissioners will outvote two Democrats in easing long-standing rules…
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Thomas L. Friedman: Why the rest of the world hates America
Thomas Friedman wonders why America is hated by the rest of the world. He also calls on people to email him and help him find a stable way to manage the United States’ relationship with the world. “Where we are now,” says Nayan Chanda, publications director at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization…
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The mood in Europe: Perplexity and foreboding
Giles Merrit, director of Forum Europe and secretary-general of Friends of Europe, has another article today in the Herald Tribune. He believes Europe can salvage something from the fallout over Iraq, being able to forge a new a strong United Europe with its new Constitution. But he also see problems ahead. In the meantime, a…
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The End of the West
I have finally found the article in the Atlantic on the prospect of an EU-US war. You can read Charles Kupchan’s piece here. The consequences of the growing rift between the United States and Europe are only just becoming apparent. The two sharply disagree on the Middle East: the EU opposes both America’s steady support…
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Off again
Im going to London again this afternoon – I will try my very best to get Radio to work on another computer, so all things going well I will blog later this evening. If not it might be up to a week before I update. I won’t lose many readers…will I?
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Munster victorious
In a thrilling game, my home side Munster defeated arch rivals Leicester in the Heineken Cup. O’Gara and Peter Stringer both got memorable tries. The Leicester kicker played very badly and missed all of the penalties. Final score Munster 20, Leicester 7. Next stop Toulouse for the semi-final.
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And on the topic of DNS…
From El Reg Web site impersonation could become as great a risk as ID theft, Paul Mockapetris, the co-inventor of DNS warns. Waiting in the wings is a better security standard for the Internet’s Domain Name System. It’s called DNSSec, and it uses digital signatures to guard against impersonation. But political wrangles are holding up…
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