Category Archives: The Window Seat

A place for reflection

Ten problems

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Michaela

by Danny Schechter Hats off to Matt Taibbi for staying on the Wall Street crime beat, asking in his most recent report in Rolling Stone: “Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail?” “Financial crooks,” he argues, “brought down the world’s economy — … Continue reading →

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Beyond extraordinary

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Michaela

Information is power and in the age of the information revolution, cyber and satellite communication is transforming our lives, reinventing the relationship between people and power. How will governments (and influential organizations) deal with the information revolution.

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Breaking News

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Michaela

There does not seem to be a time lag anymore. Time in fact has…disappeared. Middle East Protests: A Country by Country Look With links to social media BBC Live Reporting Al Jazeera Live Stream Remember how we watched the Iraq … Continue reading →

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Wisconsin, Iraq

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Michaela

by Paul Krugman Here’s a thought: maybe Madison, Wis., isn’t Cairo after all. Maybe it’s Baghdad — specifically, Baghdad in 2003, when the Bush administration put Iraq under the rule of officials chosen for loyalty and political reliability rather than … Continue reading →

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Freedom and the Internet

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Michaela

by Jillian York In early 2010, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, gave a much-lauded speech on Internet freedom, promising to make online freedoms part of the “American brand”. At the time, most discussion surrounding the topic in mainstream media was … Continue reading →

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Tweet, tweet….

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Michaela

So have you ever followed a Tweet on the ongoing revolution in Lybia and Gaddafi ? Or would you rather watch a life blog ? Or would you like to know whats going on in Bahrain ? Or maybe Algeria … Continue reading →

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One day, One World…

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Michaela

Lybia protests and clashes A suicide bombing in Afgahnistan Unrest in Yemen A deadly attack on a Somali police station Pakistan hit by deadly drone strike Groundwater disappearing in China Bahrain protests continze Wisconsins Power Play Major Cyber attack in … Continue reading →

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From protest to revolution

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Michaela

By Dan Hind Easily daunted but often reckless polemicist, author of “The Return of the Public” The popular uprising in Egypt is still less than three weeks old. We still cannot know how it will end – whether the ruling … Continue reading →

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Horror Flick

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Michaela

North Korea’s Cinema of Dreams A lesson in totalitarian indoctrination by all means. But what is the reality ? The truth…

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Old world or New Earth ?

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Michaela

The new French Connection’s Spring/Summer 2011 advertising campaign is entitled “You are…” which questions what it means to be a man or a woman in today’s society. This campaign challenges the consumer to explore how gender and society dictate behavior … Continue reading →

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