Thomas Friedman’s book “The World is Flat,” merits many more excerpts. Toward the end of the book, he ponders how to include the more than three billion people who have never used a computer, dialed a cellphone, nor reaped any of the benefits of this flat new world, and subsist […]
John Leland writes in the NY Times this week about cellphone etiquette, or lack of it. “In the great American debate about cellphone etiquette, some of the early turf battles seem to be settled, with winners and losers falling into camps familiar from Western Civ classes. Movie theaters, funerals and […]
Pablo Retamal and I have been talking about Chile. He is the director of Tourism, based out of Washington, and he sent me a CD with Chilean music, and many images of the country showing vast expanses of desert, steep ski slopes, vineyards, bikini-clad gals, more mountains, flyfishermen and glasses […]
Jim Shea writes in the Harford Courant: “Here are just a few of the reasons why it’s not a good idea to be sending reporters to the Big House: Order: Reporters would not set a good example when it comes to following directions. You can’t just tell them what to […]
Eric Dash writes in today’s NY Times about a new hire at MSDW “John J. Mack, who was named Morgan Stanley’s chairman and chief executive last Thursday, has agreed to a five-year contract that will pay him as much as $25 million a year for the next year and a […]
Found on Drudge report today, news about windfarm hazards. “A California Energy Commission study estimated wind turbines in the Altamont kill 881 to 1,300 birds of prey a year, including as many as 116 federally protected golden eagles. Miller said the county could impose conditions that would cut bird deaths […]
‘Becca Blond in Latvia’ is the name of a blog by a Lonely Planet guidebook editor who is traveling in Latvia. Below is an excerpt from her trip journal from the first days of their trip. “I give up on sleep, decide instead to pick out an outfit to wear […]
Found this on a blog called ‘lost nomad’ that is about Korea. “A ranking South Korean official taking part in a celebratory event in the North Korean capital Pyongyang generated strong criticism at home Thursday by singing a North Korean song that praises the communist state’s military. The main opposition […]
This morning’s NY Post included this information.“Eight months after hitting the $149 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, and with his divorce settlement behind him, Juan Rodriguez, 50, is just starting to feel at ease on easy street. So the once-bankrupt parking attendant from Queens, who had 78 cents to his […]
Reuters reports that London’s congestion charge on vehicles entering the city centre rises by two thirds to eight pounds on Monday. The increase from the current five pounds is expected to raise up to 45 million pounds a year to reinvest in transport. But opposition parties say the move will […]
