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The politeness of David Cameron

In a wide-ranging and somewhat unusual interview with David Cameron in this weekend's Financial Times , Columbia University historian Simon Schama gets the British prime minister to open up a little bit about the American right: Later, I would ask...

Published Mon, Oct 04 2010 4:31 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Britain

File-sharing recognized as religion in Sweden

I've written a couple things on this blog over the years about the Pirate Party, the global political movement founded by Swedish software entrepreneur and 2011 global thinker Rick Falkvinge , which aims to legalize file-sharing and do away with current...

Published Thu, Jan 05 2012 11:37 AM by FP Passport

Fidel comes out against fracking

Defying rumors of his death , Blogger Fidel is back with a new column , weighing in on, of all things, the debate over hydrofracking , calling it a "march into the abyss" : "It is sufficient to point out that among the numerous chemical...

Published Fri, Jan 06 2012 8:58 AM by FP Passport

Switzerland's long Libyan nightmare is finally over

The multiyear diplomatic feud between Switzerland and Libya originally set off by enfant terrible Hannibal Qaddafi's 2008 hotel room assault on two of his servants has finally come to an end : The new Libyan government made the decision on Sunday...

Published Mon, Jan 09 2012 3:01 PM by FP Passport

Failure to Launch?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 When space programs have some sort of setback, it's usually tied to an arithmetic error , or because of the sheer complexity of launching something into outer space. For Russian...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2012 11:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Eastern Europe

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Sunshine Policies

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Gingrich slipping Newt Gingrich charged into Florida this week with a head of steam, hoping to capitalize on his victory in South Carolina and attack competitor Mitt Romney on immigration and his somewhat...

Published Fri, Jan 27 2012 12:19 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum

In honor of Saul Alinsky day, Hillary Clinton's dark Alinskyite past

Happy Saul Alinsky Day everyone! The famed community organizer and writer would be 103 today and his legacy is still with us today... in the rhetoric of Republican presidential candidates. Newt Gingrich, in particular, has probably done more to popularize...

Published Mon, Jan 30 2012 1:39 PM by FP Passport

Britain to withdraw troops from Germany

Britain's deep cuts in defense spending mean it's far less likely that Her Majesty's armed forces will participate in future military interventions like those in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it will also reduce Britain's footprint in another...

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 9:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Britain, Germany

Morning Brief: Coalition makes progress in Kandahar

Coalition makes progress in Kandahar There are signs that the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan's Kandahar province is beginning to make progress , as military and local sources have reported that the Taliban have been driven from some of their key...

Published Thu, Oct 21 2010 5:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: French police force open fuel depot as senate prepares to vote on pension bill

French police force open fuel depot as senate prepares to vote on pension bill Top story: French police forced open a blockade of the country's main fuel refinery today as France's nationwide strikes continued to intensify. Nonetheless, the French...

Published Fri, Oct 22 2010 6:14 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Britain selling Sherwood Forest?

The Telegraph reports that as part of its austerity measures, Britain plans to sell off around half of its 748,000 hectares of government-owned forest, possibly including Robin Hood's old haunt: The controversial decision will pave the way for a huge...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 9:26 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Britain

Does America have a corruption problem?

Transparency International's new Corruptions Perceptions Index is out , and it's bad news for the United States: For the first time , America has slipped out of the ranks of the 20 least corrupt countries, falling below Qatar and ranking just...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 4:13 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Corruption

Novelist Arundhati Roy could be charged with sedition

The Indian Home Ministry has given Delhi police the go-ahead to arrest bestselling novelist andactivist Arundhati Roy on charges of sedition. The charges relate to a recent event at which Roy appeared with Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelan...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 8:59 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: India

New Zealand to rewrite labor laws for Peter Jackson

Back in June, I blogged a too-good-to-check item from the Daily Mail about rapper Snoop Dogg trying to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for a music video shoot. As absurd as that story sounded, I was reminded of it by the news that New Zealand...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 8:47 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Security Council debate on Syria sputters

Security Council debate on Syria sputters Top news: Arab and Western states spent Tuesday calling on the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and delegate power to his deputy over his crackdown...

Published Wed, Feb 01 2012 5:17 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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The politeness of David Cameron

File-sharing recognized as religion in Sweden

Fidel comes out against fracking

Switzerland's long Libyan nightmare is finally over

Failure to Launch?

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Sunshine Policies

In honor of Saul Alinsky day, Hillary Clinton's dark Alinskyite past

Britain to withdraw troops from Germany

Morning Brief: Coalition makes progress in Kandahar

Morning Brief: French police force open fuel depot as senate prepares to vote on pension bill

Britain selling Sherwood Forest?

Does America have a corruption problem?

Novelist Arundhati Roy could be charged with sedition

New Zealand to rewrite labor laws for Peter Jackson

Morning Brief: Security Council debate on Syria sputters