Facebooks Worst Enemies
Just days after the New Yorker published a profile of Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the New York Post posted a lengthy, exclusive interview with Tyler Winklevoss, who, together with his twin brother Cameron, has been fighting Facebook in court. The Post describes the Harvard University graduates (both Olympic rowers) as “gorgeous, lantern-jawed hunks”…
Egypt battles for ancient Blue Nile water rights
Victims of something much larger than ourselves,
Rich Landowners save property at expense of Pakistani villages
Pakistani villagers say landowners breached levees to save their own property Several canal walls were breached during last month’s floods, and accusations are mounting that the ruptures were deliberate. But an irrigation chief says the surging Indus alone is to blame. Ghulam Qadir was getting ready for sleep one night early last month when a…
Latinos are probably changing America more visibly than the Italians, Irish, Chinese or Germans did
The role of Latinos in American society is growing inexorably, with big political implications for the future
Social Media inspiring bloggers as citizen journalists
The future of social media in journalism will see the death of “social media.” That is, all media as we know it today will become social, and feature a social component to one extent or another. After all, much of the web experience, particularly in the way we consume content, is becoming social and personalized….
Saudi Arabia pays 60 Billion for advanced aircraft
Saudi Arabia plans to purchase $60bn worth of US-made fighter jets in the largest US arms deal ever U.S> government is charging ahead with a plan to sell $60bn worth of advanced aircraft and other sophisticated weapons systems to Saudi Arabia, in what is thought to be the largest US arms deal ever. The Wall…
Out-of-State Billionaire Oil Barons Pour Seven Figures into California’s Climate-Killing Prop 23
The billionaire Koch brothers who are funding the Tea Party wackos, throw in their chips in an attempt to destroy the state’s greenhouse gas emissions laws. Cutthroat oil barons Valero Energy Corporation and Tesoro Corporation are injecting millions of dollars into efforts to postpone California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), which requires…
Fidel Castro reinventing himself as Senior Statesman
Cuba’s leader Fidel Castro delivers a speech to students outside Havana’s University in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
Age of Nations is over, the New Urban Age has begun
The 21st century will not be dominated by America or China, Brazil or India, but by the city. In an age that appears increasingly unmanageable, cities rather than states are becoming the islands of governance on which the future world order will be built. This new world is not — and will not be —…