Hillary Clinton: Free the internetHillary Clinton has a new gong to bang: internet freedom. Read her speech championing the increase of freedom of speech online and calling on the China to get with the program.
January, 2010
Morgan: Labor goes with the flow
The latest Morgan poll comes in with a two-party preferred vote of 58.5-41.5 — a 1.5 boost to the ALP. But more interesting is what happens to the vote when respondents are able to allocate their own preference flow, says Possum Comitatus.
A taxpayer-funded declaration of war
The Australian has come out swinging in defence of Murdoch’s Sky News and its battle with the recently announced 24-hour ABC news network, but it’s pushing a fairly weak line, says Jeremy Sear.
My tortured life as a Gitmo prisoner
Omar Deghayes, a British resident who spent six years imprisoned in Guanatanamo Bay, explains how he went from a peaceful family life in Pakistan to having his eyes gouged by Gitmo guards, resulting in permanent blindness.
Lessons Haiti can learn from Katrina’s atrocities
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was an absolute disaster. Let’s not Haiti be the same post earthquake, writes Robert Pierre, from not believing all the rumours of violence to being wary of those who will attempt to profit.
The Open heart of tennis
Tennis isn’t like other sports, and nowhere is that more obvious than at the Australian Open, writes Michael Visontay, from the no name wildcards to the centre court stars.
My Angelina Joliesque Haitian orphan adopting fantasy
I’d love to save a Haitian orphan from a life of poverty and no family, but I can’t allow myself to indulge in the colonising fantasy, says Laurie Essig. Even with the best of intentions, it’s the worst thing we can do for Haiti.
What’s the White House worth? About $15m less than a year ago
Even the White House is not immune to falling US property prices: real estate bloggers Zillow say the building is now worth $292.5 million — $15.6 million less than when Obama took office a year ago.
Citizen journalism, 1960s style
Journalism.co.uk unearthed a great 1960s British newsreel about a 14-year-old boy running his own newspaper. And surprise! Today he’s a blogger.
Slide night: bathing in holy water
Sit back, relax and get ready to travel far away from your desk and your sore computer eyes as we share our favourite travel snaps and the quirky stories behind them in our new ‘Slide Night’ series.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Getting a rise out of sea levels
Crikey readers weigh in on the IPCC report on global warming and rising sea levels, the state of the economy and the Australian Education Union.
China 1: Beijing slams on the brakes
China has upstaged itself on the eve of today’s release of important economic figures from 2009.
Buffett’s Krafty take on merger maulings
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett isn’t happy about Kraft’s $US20 billion tasty takeover Cadbury and he could be proven right. Is it a rotten deal?
China 2: bubble a benchmark in capital spending
While the China bubble could continue for months or years to come — a planned economy not known for human rights and continuing to defy gravity would also need to defy history, writes Adam Schwab.
Morning Market Report: A big drop in the market
The main issue was China tightening its lending controls on some banks — something seems to threaten global recovery but is more probably a sign of Chinese economic strength.
Media briefs: The PM goes AM … Microsoft phones it in … What’s Fairfax got against prams?
Kevin Rudd is set to be the new star of breakfast television, Microsoft launches its own phone (about a zillion years after everyone else), people stop reading beyond the headlines and other media world news.
Comitatus: When climate change scepticism changes political opinion
In a recent story of mine regarding CPRS polling, commenter “Blue_green” asked: Possum — It would be interesting if you could plot a correlation between ‘against cprs’ and ‘global warming is exaggerated’ for each demographic. I wonder if they are consistent or if some just want another climate policy (just not the CPRS). That is a mighty […]
Royal barbecued rib(bing) shows Billy is a prince among men
Thomas Flynn from Australians For Constitutional Monarchy attended a BBQ with Prince William yesterday in Sydney, where Daniel MacPherson wore tight pants and Kristina Keneally impressed.
Crikey Competition: Socks appeal: First Dog’s “name the porno” puts our filter to the test
The entries for our “Name Jasper and Abigail’s Pornographic Movie” competition” are in. What a grubby little bunch Crikey readers are.
Why questioning ASIO is important
It is important to ask important questions on ASIO, regardless of how inconvenient some may find the answers, writes Africa-based UN adviser Robert Johnson.
