Monthly Archives: December 2005

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit my best wishes for a socially responsible, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of … Continue reading →

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit my best wishes for a socially responsible, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of … Continue reading →

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit my best wishes for a socially responsible, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of … Continue reading →

Venezuela is one of the most violent countries on earth. Averaging 43 murders every single day, street crime in Venezuela can fairly be said to be totally out of control. The government, alas, doesn’t seem to have noticed. Its response … Continue reading →

Venezuela is one of the most violent countries on earth. Averaging 43 murders every single day, street crime in Venezuela can fairly be said to be totally out of control. The government, alas, doesn’t seem to have noticed. Its response … Continue reading →

10. There’s no coffee in Cuban supermarkets, either.9. Chávez drank it all waiting for Evo Morales’ election results.8. They are smuggling it to Colombia and Brazil, where the lack of good coffee is noteworthy.7. There’s a lot of good coffee … Continue reading →

10. There’s no coffee in Cuban supermarkets, either.9. Chávez drank it all waiting for Evo Morales’ election results.8. They are smuggling it to Colombia and Brazil, where the lack of good coffee is noteworthy.7. There’s a lot of good coffee … Continue reading →

Most chavistas accuse us in the opposition of being rabid lunatics who only see their own side of the story, or something along those lines. So, in the interest of impartiality, and in accordance with the spirit of togetherness that … Continue reading →

Most chavistas accuse us in the opposition of being rabid lunatics who only see their own side of the story, or something along those lines. So, in the interest of impartiality, and in accordance with the spirit of togetherness that … Continue reading →

Well, I’m on my way back to Europe now, and I thought I’d write one last WTO post to bring together some of my thoughts about the week. I guess it’s the first time I ever blog from a plane … Continue reading →

Well, I’m on my way back to Europe now, and I thought I’d write one last WTO post to bring together some of my thoughts about the week. I guess it’s the first time I ever blog from a plane … Continue reading →

Well I’ll be danged…they reached a…erm…a deal?…ummm…well, they reached a something in Hong Kong after all! I don’t want to glorify this thing they’re about to sign with the word “agreement” because it really isn’t that…as everyone expected, the final … Continue reading →

Well I’ll be danged…they reached a…erm…a deal?…ummm…well, they reached a something in Hong Kong after all! I don’t want to glorify this thing they’re about to sign with the word “agreement” because it really isn’t that…as everyone expected, the final … Continue reading →

It’s 1:15 p.m. in Hong Kong. Officially the conference has less than 4 hours to go, and ministers are still locked in confidential “green room” negotiations trying to work out a deal. It’s very quiet in the press center now … Continue reading →

Maybe the French Agriculture minister had a point after all. Chuck Grassley, the powerful head of the US Senate’s Agriculture Committee, has just said the US Congress is unlikely to approve the deal being hammered out in Hong Kong. After … Continue reading →