Martin Rowson in the Gaurdian says it all. The $100m ‘loan’ from the World Bank to Haiti could be paid off like that by a fraction of the banking bonuses paid out on top of enormous salaries. Sickening.
I hope for a happier new year to you all, despite the horror the above reminds us all [...]
I am following the onslaught of Obama by the Christian right in USA. I found this, it sums it all up for me.
A few weeks ago the Scottish government released Al-Megrahi, the man convicted of bombing U.S.-bound Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
The past few weeks have been rough ones for the Scots. Angry Americans threatened to boycott Scottish products. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lined up to condemn the move. (I was by [...]
Amoz Oz was recently in Gothenburg (where I live) promoting his newest book “Rhyming life and death”.
It made me pick up a copy of Amoz Oz`s “how to cure a fanatic”. If you haven’t read it, it is a must read (and short read) for anyone interested in finding common ground with people you don’t [...]
The wonderful Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel peace price today.
I want to pull out a few things from the speech he gave in Oslo today.
Religion and war
For many people, tensions between religions have provided an easy explanation for the intractability of the Middle East crisis. I cannot accept this view. During my career I have [...]
I saw a documentary about Amos Oz tonight. You can watch it here.
He says the following towards the end of the movie;
“we live now in a world where people work harder than they should be working in order to make more money than they really need, in order to buy things they don’t really want [...]
My friend “Brown”(also known as Ryan Dalton) in Cape Town, invited me to be a part of his 365 days of activism blog/project.
Head over here to check it out.
Listen to him here.
and watch Ryan talk about it here:
Obamas thoughts on religion and politics.
As a professional speaker myself, I find it fascinating to watch how people with their own rent a car bulgariaspeechwriters give speeches.
Have a look!
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