“Let there be no doubt that whatever sacrifices we journalists make, they are not made for our own glory or enrichment: they are made for you. Whether you deserve their sacrifice is another matter. As for me, God knows I tried.”
The final words from the final editorial of murdered Sri Lankan editor Lasantha Wickrematunga. I wanted the privilege of reproducing the essay below. The original is at The Sunday Leader, the paper he edited. Continue reading
These are some of the things that have caught my attention lately. It’s a more eclectic mix than just the news business, but then so’s life: Continue reading
These are some of the things that have caught my attention lately. It’s a more eclectic mix than just the news business, but then so’s life: Continue reading
“Rome and the contado were one and the same.” Anyone familiar with Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy will appreciate how powerfully the philosopher and servant of the Florentine state connects republican virtue with the citizen army.
And here is a modern historian and in the service of his state writing of his own call to arms:
Last night, I received an emergency IDF call-up order — via SMS. Israel, 2009. Gone are the days when such commands were hand-delivered or broadcast in code over the radio… Today we travel to our bases individually, often by cab. Yet the result is the same: The citizen army of Israel has been summoned and is heading to war.
In the Jerusalem Post, Mitchell Barak calls for an Israeli Al Jazeera English. Continue reading
These are some of the things that have caught my attention lately. It’s a more eclectic mix than just the news business, but then so’s life: Continue reading