Roger Simon, at Politico.com:
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign intends to go after delegates whom Barack Obama has already won in the caucuses and primaries if she needs them to win the nomination.
This strategy was confirmed to me by a high-ranking Clinton official on Monday. And I am not talking about superdelegates, those 795 party big [...]
Posted on February 20th, 2008 by pwyll
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The Daily Mail is worried that
EU ‘to kill off firework displays’ as new safety regulations come into force
Relax. As long as France and Denmark have “youths”, Europe will not lack for fireworks displays.
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by pwyll
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I have recruited a special guest columnist today, to reply to recent remarks by actress Sharon Stone, as recounted in The Canada Press:
Hollywood icon Sharon Stone believes the Sept. 11, 2001 bombings of the United States should not have been used as a pretext to launch the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to comments [...]
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by pwyll
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Here are two contrasting approaches to education. One strikes me as rather more honest than the other. The first selection I borrow from David Thompson, who is reviewing the movie Indoctrinate U:
During the opening titles, Professor David Clemens of Monterey Peninsula College reads out a directive regarding new course proposals: “Include a description [...]
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by pwyll
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An modest proposal from today’s BBC News:
Obesity needs to be tackled in the same way as climate change, a top nutritional scientist has said.
The chairman of the International Obesity Taskforce wants world leaders to agree a global pact to ensure that everyone is fed healthy food.
Professor Philip James said the challenge of obesity [...]
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by pwyll
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I’m going to quote a portion of a recent comment on this blog. You can see the original in the comments following this posting.
Our promises have been void and empty and unsupported — like many of of the Bush adminstration’s platforms and promises — e.g., fighting AIDS in Africa (completely unfunded) to name [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2008 by pwyll
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