Jeremy Gould, one of the few civil servants who “gets” the internet, is leaving to spend more time with his family. I’ve been scouting around for a new challenge in Whitehall for a long time now but the truth is that beyond building and managing corporate websites, those roles don’t Read more…
Nicholas Kristof mused on Christmas Day in the New York Times on whether NGOs should pay high salaries. He seems to come down – though equivocally – on the side of saying that sometimes they should: In the war on poverty, there is room for all kinds of organizations. Mr. Read more…
Willem Buiter on the Christmas message from the Pope What is it about the Judeo-Christian-Islamic religious tradition that leads so many of its most prominent spokespersons to make hateful, bigoted, life-diminishing and personal security-endangering statements when it comes to human sexuality?
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Phil in Afghanistan writes about giving money to a girl who may never eat a fruit tart.
There is still no news of Robert Fowler, the UN special envoy to Niger. He is a good man.
Serious flaw in Internet Explorer not fixed yet (according to AP): Users of all current versions of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser might be vulnerable to having their computers hijacked because of a serious security hole in the software that had yet to be fixed Monday. Seriously, people: if you Read more…
Let me be the 10th person to link to The aspiring dictator’s guide from the Mail & Guardian Online. Here’s an extract. Rule 3. Make America or China happy. Make Israel and Saudi Arabia very happy. Become a Muslim, like Idi Amin. Visit Moammar Gadaffi often. He likes African leaders. Read more…
Tom (second from the left) visiting from the UK ran for the first time at altitude (his usual run is along the waterfront in Ayr). More photos here. Here’s the elevation graph: