Day February 24, 2006

Is this why Dubya wants the port deal?

The ports controversy could cause similar problems for Neil Mallon Bush, the president’s most troublesome brother, who has become a familiar face in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Neil Bush seems to be in constant pursuit of investors and government contracts…

Coup attempt in Philippines

Philippines President Gloria Arroyo invoked emergency rule yesterday after security forces said they had foiled a coup attempt. If the coup attempt was unsuccessful, why is there a need to declare an emergency after it was over? Either this is…

Tensions…

Thu. Feb. 23, Things are not good in Baghdad. We woke up this morning to news that men wearing Iraqi security uniforms walked in and detonated explosives, damaging the mosque almost beyond repair. It’s heart-breaking and terrifying. There has been…

Clinton: global warming biggest problem

Former American president Bill Clinton told 600 of New Zealand’s top business people their greatest worry in the world was global warming. The Bush Adminstration, in an apparently related move, hinted darkly that global warming scientists were willing dupes of…

Comments from a reader

You do a great job. One minor point: S.F. may be confusing about its street #s but all over New England the problem is roads that change names with little or nothing by the way of signs. For example, in…