Political culture. That is what we lack here in Hungary… habemuspolitico: Obama saluda a un seguidor de Romney. Civilización.
September 11 Anniversary: Journalists Grapple With Covering Attacks As Years Go By Wow, I was just thinking about this. huffingtonpost: Margaret Sullivan, the new public editor of the New York Times, opened a column on the topic with a provocative thought: “The pain, the outrage, the loss – these never fade. The amount of journalism, however, must.” While Sullivan is likely to get some pushback about the line, it is indisputably true that, as time goes on, coverage of national horrors recedes. Each anniversary of Pearl Harbor, for instance, does not bring with it a great deal of journalism. This year,…
Thorbjørn Jagland: Killer Safarov is not a hero | HUMANERIGHTSEUROPE Glorifying a convicted murderer and transforming him into a hero is unacceptable, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has declared. Condemning the glorification of killer Ramil Safarov, the Secretary General said: “Safarov was convicted for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in Hungary. On August 31, he was transferred to Azerbaijan, and immediately pardoned. I find it unacceptable that a convicted murderer is welcomed as a hero. “I reject the prospect of a world whose moral code begins to fray, where respect for human dignity is denied. This is…
Ironically, Hungarian foreign minister János Martonyi just said last week that the international opinion on Hungary seems to be stagnating on a not so bad position after all the turmoil around the IMF talks, controversial media legislation, constant disputes with the EU, just to name a few issues. Obviously, something needed to be done to ruin this. To put it simply: the man committed a crime, got a reasonable punishment for it, now he should be serving his sentence. But he is not. To be able to fully understand this story, we should attempt to do it on a psychological…
Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James: review – Telegraph Well, yes, sometimes it occurs that mass enthusiasm convinces me that something’s worth reading or simply I just give in to my curiousity. It was a little of both this time and my feelings are quite ambivalent. Most of all, I was sort of prepared that the language doesn’t reach literary quality, but it was way below my expectations even this way. I know it’s pulp fiction and I shouldn’t expect it to be like quality literature, but for me it was like one of those teenager hit stories, written…
Powell Was More Skeptical About Iraq Than Previously Thought, Annan Says Then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell was more skeptical about the evidence he used to justify the American-led invasion than previously known, according to a new memoir by Kofi Annan. Kofi Annan’s memoir is about to come out next week! Can’t wait!
instagram: I Have a Dream “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’” On August 28th, 1963 — 49 years ago today — Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a 17-minute public speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial looking out on the Washington Monument to 200,000 civil rights supporters where he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. This historical event, now known as “I Have a Dream Speech,” has been…
Könyv: Hotel Bali (Fejős Éva) summer ends, light summer reading continues…
