The intrepid, and seemingly fearless (some might say stupid) freelance reporter/blogger Christopher Albrighton is back in Baghdad after a long hiatus. He has an account today of his first day back. Christopher is the only reporter that I know of that not only performs his journalistic duties for respected publications (currently Time Magazine) but also …
Category Archives: Politics
Egyptian Reformers Demonstration
The Righto-sphere has been jumping up and down citing Egypt as being the latest domino to fall (or least, maybe, tip, slightly, or not) thanks to President Mubaraks acceptance of reform of the Egyptian constitution. Unfortunately actual reports from people in Egypt or even at the demonstrations have been sparse at best. Arabist.net has filled …
Kofi Annan releases report on UN Reform
Kofi Annan has finally released his report and recommendations on how to go about reforming the United Nations. I’m in the process of looking through it. It’s, of course, very large. But already I see encouraging facets to the recommendations. Even if they may not go far enough, they are definitely going in the right …