The career of a suicide bomber lasts only an instant. When he presses the button a flash of incandescent light turns a Nobody into a Somebody, even if he happens to be an incompetent Somebody. <<<To read full article, please click here.>>>
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Apple v Google
In Technology on January 3, 2011 at 1:00 am
When Apple opened a new store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan in 2006 it received an unusual complaint. Not the usual New York variety—you’re blocking the view I paid good money for, or you’re gentrifying the neighbourhood I just discovered. No, this new flagship store was criticised by an Islamist website. <<<To read full article, click here.>>>
Back to Normalcy
In Economics on January 2, 2011 at 1:00 am
Where on earth is the United States headed? Has it lost its way? Is the Obama effect, which initially promised to halt the souring of its global image, over? More seriously, is it in some sort of terminal decline? <<<To read full article, click here.>>>
