This is absolutely sad. Apparently some travelers to Norway were attacked by an underweight and malnourished polar bear who mauled one to death and severely wounded the others. It is hard to fault the polar bear for the tragedy, but that doesn’t lessen the bizarre and tragic nature surrounding of this incident.
Read MoreWhen Andy Coulson was in charge of Newscorp’s property, News of the World, hacking phones was a regular feature. In today’s world of technology, the lengths to which journalists will go to get what they need is appalling. That said, journalists have never been held in particularly high-esteem by anyone other than other journalists so […]
Read MoreAccording to this article in Pravda, the riots that occurred in London cannot occur in Moscow or elsewhere in Russia because Russia does not believe in multiculturalism, which is at the root of the problem in England? Firstly, the article uses the term ‘pogrom’ to describe the riots in England and further, draws a racial […]
Read MoreWhat the UK’s The Sun calls a ‘mountainous mum‘ sounds both sad and unbelievable. What is it with the press in the UK? They have the most varied newspaper market of anyone I can think of in the English-reading world. Is this crap true? How did becoming the world’s fattest anything become incentivized?
Read MoreThe Guardian dared to ask this question, and the answer is intriguing in the least. If anything, the riots in London and elsewhere represent a confluence of socio-economic factors as well as technological ones, as documented elsewhere. The intersection of social networking and social mobilization will provide many interesting tensions for governments in the years […]
Read MoreWhat some have called a tough law-and-order approach by Prime Minister David Cameron in response to the recent riots in London and other English cities, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has proposed a middle-ground in which the causes of the riots are addressed as well as providing an outlet for those communities affected by the […]
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