General

Populist rage: Any hope the 1789 French Revolution will become The 2009 Global Revolution? Part I

I was going through some old papers a couple of weeks ago (spring cleaning and all that jazz) and found notes I had taken on the French Revolution all the way back in High School. This is one of the very few things I had kept from that time, for the event had left quite… Read More Populist rage: Any hope the 1789 French Revolution will become The 2009 Global Revolution? Part I

General

IHT: ‘When stars Twitter, a ghost may be lurking’

Here is another reason why celebrities shouldn’t be role models: they are often the result of careful marketing strategies. What we think as coming from celebrities, i.e. what some people consider as the standards towards which they strive, are actually coming from a team of people manipulating that stars image. And, however obvious this argument… Read More IHT: ‘When stars Twitter, a ghost may be lurking’