Holy Land

Fri 5 Apr 200206:41 PM

Every time I watch PBS’s “Frontline,” I’m completely impressed. But last night I watched an episode called “Battle for the Holy Land” which includes some amazing behind-the-scenes footage (shot by the BBC) with both Palestinian freedom fighters and Israeli security forces. It was powerful and chilling and probably the most revealing documentation of the conflict that I’ve ever seen.

Wait a Minute Mr. Postman

Thu 28 Mar 200212:52 AM

So I got off my ass today and wrote three letters: one each to both my Senators and another to my U.S. Representative. This was prompted by Senator Fritz Hollings’s ridiculous, egregiously wrong-headed and greedy Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act.

New News

Tue 26 Mar 200208:29 PM

More newspaper stuff: Ad Age recounts the rumors around the top-secret redesign of the Wall Street Journal. Set to launch on 09 Apr, this will be the first major overhaul of the print edition since 1941. Wow. One week later, New York gets a new daily in the form of The New York Sun.

Which Way Is Up

Mon 25 Mar 200208:57 PM

The New York Times has an article about Chinese-language newspapers changing their reading orientation from vertical to horizontal. It’s a fascinating design issue involving fundamentals of legibility, culture, and politics.

Overhaul

Thu 21 Mar 200207:49 PM

From The New York Times: “The Senate gave final approval today to an overhaul of the nation’s campaign finance law, and President Bush said he would sign it, putting the political system at the cusp of the broadest change in a generation.” Also, read their editorial about the bill’s success. I’m pretty happy about this.

Voting Day

Mon 18 Mar 200210:19 PM

The Hewlett-Packard shareholder vote on the proposed HP/Compaq merger is tomorrow. This kind of corporate intrigue is fascinating and I’m on the edge of my seat — and against the whole idea as I’m usually against most mergers.

Current Events

Thu 14 Feb 200206:11 PM

Sherron Watkins’s testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee today was thrilling to listen to, and I admire her bravery. This Enron thing gets more and more interesting with each day. I hope Lay, Fastow, Skilling et. al. get their due. In other news, did you hear there’s another Olympic scandal, and if you didn’t are you really surprised? If there’s anyone out there that believes the Olympics are anything more than a circus of graft, exploitation and marketing, let me sell you some shares in ENRNQ.

Flashback

Mon 4 Feb 200210:01 PM

Two reminders of the Eighties crossed my desk this morning. The first, a photographic document of a meeting of the minds, cracked me up. The second, a return to deficit spending, is somewhat less happy.

The Corporate Messiah Complex

Wed 23 Jan 200212:54 PM

In an interview on NPR’s “Fresh Air” New York Times investigative reporter Kurt Eichenwald comments on the Enron debacle:“Basically what I write about is corporate scandal and I have noticed time and again, you have the same underlying themes in almost every scandal. First, a group of executives who believe they are changing the world. Second, a level of arrogance and a level of greed that you don’t see in other corporations. Third and probably most significant — lack of adequate compliance procedures.”

Energy Drink

Fri 18 Jan 200205:50 PM

After eight years of Republican-fueled persecution, I’m trying not to gloat at the way the tangled web of Enron’s collapse has found its way into the White House. I admit too that it doesn’t seem likely that the Bush adminstration did anything improper. It’s a mess, but it’s a fascinating mess. Also, who designed that awful Enron logo?

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