notes and ideas 1. The assumption (in Canadian media companies) that in this wireless world, geography is irrelevant as long as one lives in Toronto. 2. The thought that only those marinated in accepted wisdom at university are suitable candidates for a position...
… back to the USSR I first went to Russia in 1992, on assignment for several magazines and a radio network. It wasn’t long after the immediate euphoria of the ripping down of the iron curtain yet it was while the perestroika hangover was still causing pain....
Foreign aid overhaul in the UK Last week the new British government said that despite being almost completely broke, it wasn’t going to balance its books on the backs of the poor. In his first major speech International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell...
…unlocking poor people’s ability to work their own way out of poverty “W e are now at a crossroads. On the one side, is politically motivated or ineffective aid – much of which still exists today. On the other, and looking to the future, is aid fit for the...
… nothing to hide G et ready to show your stuff. Travelers will soon find that checking through security will be a revealing experience with the roll-out of whole body image scanners that can see beneath clothing. A whole body image scan is simple: you enter a booth...
…at a Syria-Lebanon border crossing H e asked me many questions, mostly lobs. It was the kind of general chitchat that makes travel in the Middle East so engaging. But when the border guard saw Benjamin (my son) and then Sharon (my wife) as names on our...
