News: May 2006 Archives
On the Road to Kandahar
No one knows how Britain's Nato adventure in Afghanistan will end. Depending on who you listen to, it is either one of the most dangerous policing roles in the new age of asymmetric warfare, or a consolidation of the post-9/11......more
Press freedom
There is no greater threat to free societies than the murder of journalists. If journalists are not free to report, others eventually go blind: governments cannot see what's going on at home or abroad, global institutions stagger, finance and business......more
The Tribes Triumphant
One of the great mysteries of our time is the awfulness of the American media. The world's greatest nation gets its intelligence about the rest of the planet mainly from television, a medium dominated by air-headed bimbos and himbos -......more