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“And then they came for me”
“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.…
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Unrequired Reading {12.1.09}
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:
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Unrequired Reading {11.1.09 to 12.1.09}
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:
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War 2.0: Citizens, soldiers and spokesmen…
“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:…