Berto Jongman: Michael Hastings’ Dangerous Mind – Journalistic Star Was Loved, Feared and Haunted

Michael Hastings’ Dangerous Mind: Journalistic Star Was Loved, Feared and Haunted EXTRACT There’s a sign tacked to the tree where Hastings crashed that night, reading, “This was not an accident.” Taken down several times, it always gets put back up. Another sign says, “Didn’t have to know you to know the truth of what happened.” …

Review: The Media Ecosystem — What Ecology Can Teach Us About Responsible Media Practice

Antonio Lopez 5.0 out of 5 stars A unique and timely integrative overview with many original insights, August 22, 2013 I received this book as a gift, and am glad that I did as I normally would not have noticed it, bought it, or reviewed it. I hope my review will inspire others to buy …

NIGHTWATCH: Sanctioning the Pakistani Training Schools for Suicide Terrorists

US-Pakistan: The US Treasury on Tuesday set economic sanctions on a Pakistan Islamic school it branded a ‘terrorist training center’ supporting al-Qaida and the Taliban. The Treasury said the Ganj madrassah in Peshawar was being used as a training and recruiting base by two militant groups, as well as the radical Lashkar-e-Taiba blamed for the …

Review: On Complexity

Edgar Morin 7 Stars Life Transformative  Foundation Work for Everything Else This is a remarkably coherent book about the most important topic for all of us, the matter of complexity and more to the point, thinking about complexity. I certainly recommend it most strongly, along with two other books by the same author that I …

Kevin Barrett: US ‘Aid’ Destroys Egypt’s Economy, Democracy

US ‘Aid’ Destroys Egypt’s Economy, Democracy American President Obama says he deplores the Egyptian junta’s decision to massacre peaceful protesters and declare martial law. If he deplores it so much, why is he paying for it? It is no secret that Egyptian strongman el-Sisi and the soldiers he is sending to slaughter protesters are on …