Latin American "telenovelas," or soap operas, have gone global in recent years. They are found on TV sets in Poland and Indonesia and one Mexican soap has become the top-rated show in Russia. These melodramatic storylines have struck a universal chord among viewers and become part of what a writer for Foreign Affairs magazine calls the global cultural establishment.
White Noise
Philip Coyle, senior advisor at the Center for Defense Information
- on the use of white phosphorus in Fallujah
» Center for Defense Information
- on the use of white phosphorus in Fallujah
» Center for Defense Information
How Does Blair Fare?
Peter Hain, Labor member of parliament in Britain, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for Wales
- on Blair's first big parliamentary defeat, and the Northern Ireland peace process
» Peter Hain's parliamentary website
» Peter Hain's No. 10 Downing Street website
- on Blair's first big parliamentary defeat, and the Northern Ireland peace process
» Peter Hain's parliamentary website
» Peter Hain's No. 10 Downing Street website
Telenovelas Conquer Todo El Mundo
Ibsen Martinez, Caracas-based playwright, journalist, and contributor to Foreign Policy magazine
and
Paula Andaló, reporter for Tiempos del Mundo in Washington, D.C.
- explain how Spanish and Portuguese-language soap operas got the whole world hooked
» "Romancing the Globe" by Ibsen Martinez ...
and
Paula Andaló, reporter for Tiempos del Mundo in Washington, D.C.
- explain how Spanish and Portuguese-language soap operas got the whole world hooked
» "Romancing the Globe" by Ibsen Martinez ...
Forget Princeton and Yale!
Andrew Hacker, professor of political science at Queens College and contributor to the New York Review of Books,
- says big research institutions are interfering with the business of teaching at top universities
» "The Truth About the Colleges" (The New York Review ...
- says big research institutions are interfering with the business of teaching at top universities
» "The Truth About the Colleges" (The New York Review ...
Bob Woodward Too!
Kelly McBride, ethics group leader at the Poynter Institute, a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists
- on Bob Woodward's testimony in the CIA leak case, Mary apes, Judy Miller, and more
» Kelly McBride (Poynter)
- on Bob Woodward's testimony in the CIA leak case, Mary apes, Judy Miller, and more
» Kelly McBride (Poynter)
Hummus Mike, Country Mike
You can't blame Bloomy for other people's depictions of him, expecially if the likeness is done in hummus (thanks to The Sun)...
but he looks more stiff than a pile of hummus in this ten gallon hat and sporting a guitar (thanks ...
Photo File: Peter Hain
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain
Required Reading: November 16, 2005
Bob Woodward testified in CIA leak case (Washington Post)
Britain plans exit from Iraq (The Guardian)
Torture alleged in Iraqi-run prisons (NY Times)
Pentagon admits use of chemical that causes burns in Iraq (Seattle Times)
New York loses 9/11 funds (Newsday)
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