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From a globeandmail.com chat with Jeffrey Simpson on climate change policies: Gary: … In your estimation, what chance (if any) do you see of Harper doing an about-face and implementing an effective price on carbon once the campaign is over (assuming of course he wins the election)? Obviously it would need to be branded as [...]
Mon, September 22 2008 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
This Sept. 5 Heather Mallick column at CBC.ca caused a stir. In some ways, I'm not sure why. Except some of the reaction came from Fox News, and the Foxes and Mallicks of this world desperately need each other (thanks for the vid link, Mungo). The column on the selection of Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate [...]
Mon, September 22 2008 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
When talking about the U.S. economic crisis, “slid” and “gyrated” are in. “Meltdown” and “freefall” are out — as are “crash,” “pandemonium,” “panic” and “apocalypse.” From the NYT: For most of the country, the financial crises of the last few weeks have offered an education in economics. For journalists, they have been a lesson in [...]
Mon, September 22 2008 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Jawed Ahmad describes his 10 months in U.S. custody in Afghanistan as “hell.” The circumstances of the fixer and TV cameraman's detention and release remain murky. From the Globe and Mail: In the U.S. military cells where he saw daylight only once a week, where he says they broke his ribs with beatings, his captors [...]
Mon, September 22 2008 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The NYT's Frank Rich on the Rovian campaign strategy of Republican presidential nominee John McCain and the U.S. media. From the NYT: A Rovian political strategy by definition means all slime, all the time. But the more crucial Rove game plan is to envelop the entire presidential race in a thick fog of truthiness. All [...]
Mon, September 22 2008 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
From Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street. Here is financier Gordon Gecko (Michael Douglas) speaking at the shareholder's meeting of a company he wants to “liberate:” Here's the key text: “… Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. “Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the [...]
Mon, September 22 2008 » * Big Picture Stuff, Film, Main Page » Comments Off