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Contemporary Coriolanus
Given that I spend almost no time at the movies any more, I have to confess that I was drawn to reading reviews of Coriolanus, the directorial debut of Ralph Fiennes, who also plays the leading role. Much has been made of how Shakespeare’s conception...
Redirecting the Attacks on Apple
This morning Larry Dignan used a post to the Between the Lines blog on ZDNet to give “equal time” to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, in the face of the beating that Apple has been taking from two extended reports in The New York Times by Charles Duhigg,...
The Strategy of a Failed Candidate?
While my opinions of both CNN and TIME are best kept heavily muted, I continue to have a high opinion of Fareed Zakaria; and I am impressed that TIME has allowed him to pursue projects leading to articles that plumb far deeper than the usual superficiality...
Is History Really a ‘Tonic of Tragedy?’
I just finished reading Simon Schama’s attack on Downton Abbey. This apparently first appeared in The New Statesman and then migrated to Newsweek, from which it was picked up by The Daily Beast, which is where I read it. Schama has a way with words...
Confusing Amazon
Amazon.com has turned out to be a rather valuable resource when I am doing my writing for Examiner.com. When I am reviewing a recording, it is one of the easiest places for me to find its release date; and, since an image of the album cover is often...
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai the Center of Media Bribery Scandal
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is the center of a bribery scandal involving the media in a bid to spruce up his image in the wake of reports which had put him in bad light. How People Arrived Here: Locadia karimatsenga, locadia tembo
Who Are These Guys?
Since I began the year with a post declaring my bailing on Firefox, I took some interest in yesterday’s post by Steve J. Vaughan-Nichols to his ZDNet Networking blog. It was Vaughan-Nichols who first put the bug in my ear with his data points on...
Zambian Government Gives the Go-ahead to Begin Media Self Regulation
The Zambian government has given the media in the country the go-ahead to begin a self regulation process as opposed to state regulation that the previous government was pushing for to curb what they called "irresponsible journalism", Information...
