Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Dec 19, 2007	The Story of Stuff
Here’s something that got me thinking: The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, with a special focus on the United States. All the stuff in our lives, beginning from the extraction of the...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Oct 22, 2007	My heart’s with Ethan
Ethan Zuckerman remains my No. 1 favourite blogger of all times, and given how much I struggle to update GlobaLab at least 2-3 times a week, while trying to work and retain a decent social life, I am in awe at his amazing prolificacy. A quick browse at his last few entries would be...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Jun 1, 2007	The end of Coca-Cola?
Dana Milbank writes a scathing report about yesterday’s press conference by the Sudanese ambassador to the US in response to President Bush’s new sanctions against his country, criticised as overdue by Human Rights Watch: A dozen reporters, and a similar number of...... [view]

Posted By:  Teradon43 Posted On:  May 29, 2007	RISE OF THE NACIREMA
RISE OF THE NACIREMA Many People think that being American is some kind of newly created human race. They believe that you can be 100% American when in reality you can never be, and those who claim to be 100% (main stream white...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Apr 20, 2007	The NRA as America’s Cosa Nostra
Stephan Richter on The Globalist unveils the sad truth behind the Virginia shootings , evident to everyone in the world except - apparently - Americans. A compelling read, which I am reproducing below. I would only add that in this era of globalisation, the US’ gun culture...... [view]