Women in Afghanistan are most at risk of oppression under Taliban rule. The US used the status of women as a reason to rebuild Afghanistan, but now both Karzai and the US military are ignoring their plight.
May, 2010
These streets are made for walkin’
Encouraging people to walk — as opposed to driving their cars — can be done by urban planners increasing the aesthetics of our footpaths. Try more greenery, better lights, interesting things to look at and paving that doesn’t catch high heels.
Health Budget 2010: What the experts say
Croakey wraps reactions to last night’s Budget from Australia’s health experts and community, covering everything from dental policy (or the lack of it), primary health care and alcohol policy and prevention.
PHOTO GALLERY: The silliest bits of the UK election
It’s all rather dramatic right now in Britain, with a new PM and sneaky deals going on behind closed doors. Instead, from egg throwing to costumed voters, The Telegraph’s havin’ a laff at the funniest election moments.
What a rooted budget
This budget puts an end to the pretence that the Rudd Government is serious about tackling environmental issues. There’s almost complete abandonment of climate change as an issue of national importance, writes John Hepburn.
Former Newsweek journo: we lied, plagarised, and drank vodka
Veteran journo Alex Beam reminisces on cutting his news industry chops at Newsweek in the 1970s: it was “like an upside-down journalism school” where he learned lots of bad habits — like poaching content from TIME.
Meghan McCain: Obama won and Republicans need to get over it
The anger and petty partisan politics happening in the US isn’t helping anybody, writes Meghan McCain. Extreme politics just makes younger generations indifferent.
Is Elena Kagan gay? Who cares?
The endless media speculation over the sexuality of new Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan is just thinly veiled misogyny, says Stephanie Mencimer. So she plays poker and smokes cigars? Get over it.
The sad state of Europe
Ever since the IMF Greek bailout was announced, commentators are sure the bailout will only exacerbate Greece’s problems. The Atlantic Wire wraps the commentary of those sounding the death knell for Europe.
A Budget media wrap: with frills and without
Daily Media Wrap: It’s the morning after the government’s big Budget reveal, and the nation’s pundits are yawning — and not just from one too many at The Holy Grail last night…
‘Gord is gone’: the press documents Britain’s new dawn
“GORD IS GONE,” The Sun declares. “CAM IS PM.” Crikey wraps the media feeding frenzy as Gordon Brown relinquishes the keys to No. 10 to David Cameron.
Pets deserve good food, too, doggone it!
You may scour your food packages for nasty additives, chemicals and nutritional details, but what about the food you feed Fluffy and Fido? Nutrition expert Marion Nestle explains what to feed your pets, and how to spot the BS on pet food packets.
Hit me! Why nearly winning is just as addictive
It’s much harder to walk away from the pokies when you only just miss out, because near-misses raise activity in the same area of the brain as winning. And pokie machine makers know it.
French women get equality, as long as they’re beautiful
France is to become the second country in the world with a quota of women on company boards. But oh la la, is this turning into a policy to get wives and girlfriends of bosses appointed, pretty things who’ll be seen and not heard?
Spot the difference: English Sun vs. Scottish Sun Singapore goes Spanish: just don’t mention the 154 dead people
Singapore Airlines has announced code share arrangements with Star Alliance Spanish carrier Spanair. Yet no mention of safety standards following the 2008 Spanair crash that killed 154 people due to crew mistakes? asks Ben Sandilands.
The most important chart in the budget
Tucked away in Budget Paper Number 1 is a fascinating little chart showing the most politically important piece of data in the entire budget: justifying the stimulus package and giving likely scenarios for if it didn’t exist. Possum Comitatus investigates.
In the Loop director: UK election was sheer comic genius
Armando Iannucci, the director of British political satire flick In the Loop, says he couldn’t have scripted the tragically hilarious outcome of the UK election better himself — though it would have been funnier if the fate of the country wasn’t at stake.
Saviour of the Universe: how to stop a Flash Crash
The Flash Crash — when Wall Street dropped hundreds of points last week in just minutes — has raised concerns of how dangerous high-frequency trading is. How can we prevent a crash from happening again?
A Soviet solution to the oil spill: nuke it
Forget your fancy containment domes and underwater pipes, Russian newspaper Komsomoloskaya Pravda has a far simpler solution to cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill: blast it with nukes. That’s how the Soviets would’ve done it.
Ding dong, the ALP is dead
The ALP is a shell of its former self, a power hungry Faux-Labor Party that lacks vision, writes Geoff Davies. We thought Kevin Rudd would save the ALP, but from asylum seekers to climate change, he just digs its grave deeper.
The budget that turned an ugly duckling into Wayne Swan
Putting together the latest Federal Budget has been the making of Wayne Swan as a politician. Tom Dusevic has the inside story of the Treasurer determined to make his mark.
Crikey’s Budget Briefing 2010
Hello Crikey subscriber! Budget 2010 might be “no frills” for Treasurer Wayne Swan but there’s been nothing budget about Crikey’s coverage. Now you can get highlights of our Budget 2010 coverage, all in the one spot. Simply click on the picture below to begin downloading (you need to be logged in to see it). If […]
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How Google will save the news
The media moguls may be pining the murder of the news industry on Google, but they couldn’t have it more wrong, says James Fallows: the search giant is actually working overtime to come up with strategies to save it. Read what the big G has in store for the future of the media.
What do you learn at terrorist training camp?
The Times Square would-be carbomber says he learned to make bombs at a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. So what else do you learn? Paper mache grenades? One-way canoe trips? Foreign Policy explains.
