30 Jun
Talking Points from the Institute, Part 4
From the McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Institute Talking Points The Poynter Institute faculty at the McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Institute generated…
Archive for June, 2007
29 Jun
A Shooting Star, An Everlasting World (updated)
By the Seven Suns of Cinnibus, I besiege the mystic oracles to bestow upon Tonya Plank, a.k.a. Swan Lake Samba Girl, a worthy perch for this Saturday’s avidly awaited matinee performance of ABT’s Swan Lake starring Marcelo Gomes and the…
21 Jun
Talking Points from the Institute, Part 3
From the McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Institute Talking Points The Poynter Institute faculty at the McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Institute generated…
20 Jun
Myanmar: Birthday Wishes for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar Bloggers celebrate and send their wishes for Burmese Opposition Leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s 62nd Birthday on the 19th June 2007.
20 Jun
Croatia: ?Feral Tribune? Shuts Down
Last week, Croatian finance ministry froze bank accounts of the region’s legendary political weekly, Feral Tribune, due to 68,000 Euros of tax debt, forcing the publication to close. “The only independent journal on the Balkans has now been silenced,” wrote one Serbian blogger. Sinisa Boljanovic has more on the causes and the significance of this loss.
20 Jun
Russia, EU: Visa Regime
As the EU eases its visa regime with Russia, TOL’s Steady State writes about those who don’t seem to appreciate this initiative.
20 Jun
Russia: Grigori Yavlinsky
No single candidate for Russia’s “liberal opposition” - Mark MacKinnon reports on Grigori Yavlinsky’s decision to run for president in 2008: “Can he really be this vain and out of touch with reality? […] A decent man, who might have been Russian president if the Russian people admired him even half as much as the […]
20 Jun
Ukraine: Kurkov?s Novel
Music and Life - Everywhere! writes about “The President’s Last Love” by Andrey Kurkov: “unfortunately, of course, surreal in Ukraine is probably real.”
20 Jun
Xanadu Preview Review
Prelude: In the theater a rustle of voyeuristic tittering and whispering as Joan Rivers (whose resemblance to the late Wayland Flowers’ Madame is spooky, yet oddly reassuring) and her escort were seated in the orchestra for the preview performance of…
20 Jun
Russia: Detective Novel Review
Edward Lucas posts a review of Martin Cruz Smith’s detective novel set in Russia.
