Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
-
Broadband decline
Speaking of which, Foreign Affairs have a preview up for some content in their May/June edition. The figures are pretty stark. In the first three years of the Bush administration, the United States dropped from 4th to 13th place in global rankings of broadband Internet usage….In the administration’s first three years, President George W. Bush…
-
Subscriptions
I finally got round to subscribing to Foreign Affairs and the Economist. So now I will be getting 4 Economists, Foreign Policy, the Atlantic, and an occasional Foreign Affairs every other month. Will I get time to blog?
-
Smokescreen in Madaen
Following reports of ethic tensions, kidnappings, threats of mass-killings, it appears that the whole thing was exaggerated just a little. The NY Times reports: Anyone in Baghdad this morning could have been forgiven for thinking the country was on the verge of civil war. Three Iraqi Army battalions had surrounded the town of Madaen, just…
-
China rejects calls for apology
Following tensions with Taiwan, China is now in a war of words with Japan. Japan asked for an apology but Beijing responded: Beijing has no reason to apologise over a wave of anti-Japanese protests, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing has said. His Japanese counterpart, Nobutaka Machimura, had gone to Beijing seeking an apology, but Mr…
-
The Philanthropic Arm of Google
I managed to get Slashdotted over the weekend, with a spike of about 2,800 people coming in via Slashdot. It appears it was just a random selection of a blog by the poster in question, still interesting that I ranked highly for whatever term was searched for.
-
Running out of puff?
The Economist presents a pretty stark view of the world economy with such gems as: Unemployment in the euro area is 8.9%; in Germany, France and Spain it is in double digits. Manufacturing in the single-currency zone has stalled. In its latest World Economic Outlook, published this week, the IMF, like other forecasters before it,…
-
Top Catholics question condom ban
This is likely to figure highly on the agenda of the new Pope. This subject has come up before, will the Church taking a softer line on condoms as a pro-life gesture be acceptable to Catholics?
-
Theft
Ryan has posted a CCTV image of the person he believes to be the culprit after his wallet was stolen.
-
I know..
Yes posts have been very lacking of late, but it doesn’t mean I’m not reading lots of interesting stuff! Hehe.
-
Munster Pubs
Ryan and Eoin have been running this blog for a while now, a review of pubs in the province of Munster. It certainly means that many of these pubs are found solely through this review blog. Go have a look…
Got any book recommendations?