Re: RE: RRPE

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Having just renewed my sub directly with Elsevier, does this include my URPE membership? Michael K.

Re: intro textbooks

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Doug's review will most likely appear in the Monthly Review in the not too distant future. As I've said before, this book is well worth consulting. Michael K. on 13/3/00 8:47 pm, Eugene Coyle at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Pro-ITN Libel Suit Post

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 17/3/00 9:54 am, Yoshie Furuhashi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you know, LM (formerly Living Marxism), the iconoclastic British magazine edited by Mike Hume, was found guilty of libel against ITN, the British

Re: LM's Truth (was Re: Pro-ITN Libel Suit Post)

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 17/3/00 11:14 am, Yoshie Furuhashi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LM's coverage of the Yugoslav affairs the role of imperialism in it is absolutely truer than ITN's. Possibly. Over the piece I would not look to

Re: Pro-ITN Libel Suit Post

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 17/3/00 1:51 pm, Doug Henwood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Keaney wrote: I recall correctly Louis Proyect has already highlighted the dubious activities of LM to PEN-L; in fact, didn't Doug H

Re: LM's Truth (was Re: Pro-ITN Libel Suit Post)

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 17/3/00 2:14 pm, Doug Henwood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Keaney wrote: And speaking of questionable friends, among those rallying to the support of LM, or at the very least taking Guardian

Re: U.S.Monetary Policy

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 23/3/00 12:18 pm, Rob Schaap at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway, if the problem is daft values on the NASDAQ rather than on the DJI, a gutsy hike might slow investment and production whilst leaving the problem

Re: Bilderbergers

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 10/4/00 12:00 pm, Rob Schaap at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But seriously folks, DO we still speak of the Bilderbergers/Trilateral Commission as either symbolic of, or central to, the role of trans-national,

New Left Review

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Listers, Whatever the inadequacies of the editorial line espoused by Anderson, the latest NLR contains a fine article by Leo Panitch on "The New Imperial State". I heartily recommend it. The Taggart Murphy article

Marx and Malleability

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 19/5/00 4:16 am, Brad De Long at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad De Long wrote: So why, then, is the first Marx so weak in post-Marxian Marxism? Why was the world afflicted with, say, Paul Sweezy's claim that

[PEN-L:6957] Re: Doug Orr on the improtance of Program

y defined phenomenon, as in the Simmel quote recently shared. These are not placed in any order of importance, or with any promise of coherence. But it would be a useful exercise to have some kind of constructive debate as to how we might get ourselves out of this impasse. Michael Michael Keaney Dep

[PEN-L:6969] Re: Re: Doug Orr on the improtance of Program

he section where he speaks of everyone being their own theorist, methodologist, etc. A fine tonic for our times. Michael Michael Keaney Department of Economics Glasgow Caledonian University 70 Cowcaddens Road Glasgow G4 0BA Scotland, U.K.

[PEN-L:7192] Re: Re: jim o'connor on harvey review

liked your take on Al Sharpton. And any serious effort to get beyond what is being disseminated by our masters re Kosovo is very welcome indeed. Peace, Michael Michael Keaney Department of Economics Glasgow Caledonian University 70 Cowcaddens Road Glasgow G4 0BA Scotland, U.K.

[PEN-L:6815] Re: Re: Old foggies/fogeys

On Fri, May 14, 1999, 2:42 pm, Tom Walker wrote: Michael Keaney wrote: One possible advantage accruing from present circumstances - more an unintended side effect - is that the so-called old fogeys preserve what remains of heterodox teaching and research. On the other hand: "As with

[PEN-L:6801] Old foggies/fogeys

tly onward in Yugoslavia. Michael Keaney Department of Economics Glasgow Caledonian University 70 Cowcaddens Road Glasgow G4 0BA Scotland, U.K.

Re: commies in New Hampshire

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 1/2/00 2:05 am, Louis Proyect at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trotsky himself seems like not an entirely bad sort, but Trots are another story entirely, except maybe for the Mpls general strike. I can't imagine

Re: Re: The Bill of Gates fallacy

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 11/2/00 3:19 pm, Brad De Long at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, we haven't, have we? The physiocrats in 1770 were really worried about mass urban unemployment that would follow should the agricultural share

Re: Weber Help

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable on 23/2/00 2:46 pm, Brad De Long at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad De Long wrote: =20 I would point out that all of us--no matter what our nationality--should get down on our knees and thank God daily

FW: Apartheid's Killer Legacy

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Forwarded from another list: Apartheid's Killer Legacy. By David Kenvyn Matlaweng Mohlala began working at Cape's Penge mine when he was only twelve. For fourteen years he packed asbestos fibre

Jeffrey Sachs et al.

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Greetings The current issue of that fine radical journal, "The National Interest", has a fascinating account of the roles played by the personnel of the now defunct Harvard Institute for International Development in

Re: Excess Capacity in Auto Industry

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 5/6/00 6:28 am, Anthony D'Costa at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could anyone suggest some "good" books on auto industry restructuring globally that specifically ties it to (or discusses) excess capacity? They

Marx's life and theory

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 24/5/00 1:54 pm, Carrol Cox at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Louis Proyect wrote: . For example, only 4 years ago Joel Kovel wrote a lengthy piece in CNS that argued that Marxism is weak on ecological

Marx's life and theory

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Howdy Rob I would distinguish spirituality from "religion" -- not necessarily mutually exclusive, but qualitatively different. I think that the sort of spontaneous solidarity that you describe is spiritual, whereas

Henry Wallace

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 25/5/00 10:39 pm, Nathan Newman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just don't see what is gained by the campaign. Third party folks make so many wondrous claims for such third party efforts, yet historically

Re: Sudan

K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 6/7/00 3:34 pm, Jim Devine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:28 PM 07/05/2000 +0100, you wrote: The civil war in Sudan is a product of the reactionary nature of the Islam regime that has dominated this country

I said, Stop Gloating!

angrily when he criticised Tories who opposed Chris Patten's report on policing in Northern Ireland, saying: It's no good British Conservatives being more Orange than the Unionists. Full article at: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,9061,541107,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria

Guardian commentary on punk Thatcherism

politics site. He was John Major's assistant in the writing of his autobiography. Full article at: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/comment/0,9236,541150,00.ht ml Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Earlier humanitarian intervention

Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Corporate welfare state

forecasts are for a profit of Pounds 101m-Pounds 106m producing earnings of about 14p. In the short term the shares look fully valued, but longer term prospects are good. Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0816001914 Michael Keaney Mercuria

WB

Ian Murray reports: The September/October issue of Foreign Policy carries an investigative piece that is sharply critical of World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn's style of personalized management and costly embrace of trendy ideas. = Such trendy ideas include the notion that Cuban

WB

Patrick Bond writes: Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:34:57 +0300 From: Michael Keaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] If Wolfensohn really is inflicting such damage on the World Bank, should he not get some sort of PEN-L award in recognition? Nah. Since whatever excellent destruction

British political realignment?

Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

The neo-liberal education

the private sector for funding, simply because the funding is no longer available from the public purse. Full article at: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/education/story.jsp?story=90567 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Underground economics

=90517 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Strategy of tension

bomb injured no-one. Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0824001617 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Scientific capitalism

interests, but where they decline their decision will be published. Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0824001626 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Medical ethics

a reserve of almost Dollars 400m for its share in a negotiated settlement with federal investigators. Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0824001840 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL

British state turf wars

and organised crime. Full article at: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=90954 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

British state turf wars

greatly improved. He commented: I think that's a matter of growing confidence in organisations with different cultures and different modus operandi and the greater realisation that we all have a part to play. Full article at: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=90953 Michael

Open government vs. capital shortage

much to fear only because it has so much to hide. Full article at: http://society.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4246256,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Inequality and Globalisation

Jim Devine, Pauly Shore Fellow in Media Studies, asks: doesn't globalization (as currently practiced) thrive on poor government and non-democracy (i.e., rule by capital)? = MK: According to Ankie Hoogvelt, in the 2nd ed. of her Globalization and the Postcolonial World (Palgrave, 2001) the

Marginal productivity is for the other guy

Spearheading the latest ineffectual populist campaign the whole family can join, the Guardian helpfully signals the difficult issues involved: Anger at boom in executive pay (snip) But Sir Ken Jackson, Blairite leader of the AEEU engineering union and a supporter of public service reforms,

Wolfensohn indictment

://www.foreignpolicy.com Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0828004922 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Turning one's stomach

of lobbyists involved in negotiations with Millbank Full article at: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,9061,544257,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

New Labour, new redistribution

Dental Foundation said, nationally, 30% of four-year-olds experienced tooth decay. Full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,544622,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Better in the red than dead

article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,544788,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

More British state turf wars

on matters to do with the delivery of public services. Full article at: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=91564 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Wolfensohn indictment

Jim D. asks of Sebastian Edwards: Isn't Edwards an apologist for Pinochet? = His homepage at http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/sebastian.edwards/ gives a flavour of what to expect. He's a Chicago economist, a former World Bank Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean (93-96),

Wolfensohn indictment

/radical_interpretation.html Very timely highlighting of the real issues at stake, rather than the personalised management styles of those desperately trying to reconcile the irreconcilable: facilitating global accumulation whilst legitimising it. Michael K. Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620

Feelgood fact, or...?

trends are all about saving time, rather than saving money. People are also better educated, better travelled, and have more choices. Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

New Gulf War?

for Christmas. With Oman's national day falling on November 18, the possibility of mission creep has been eliminated. All forces will vacate the area before then, ensuring that nobody wins. Full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,545803,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School

Schooled by scoundrels

railway network. Full article at: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/education/story.jsp?story=92015 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Black day for Conrad

, will have no complaint about that. Full article at: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=91795 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

In defence of Wolfensohn

://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0831001446 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

In defence of Wolfensohn 2

certainly tried unrelentingly to do so. It is an effort worth making. Let's give him credit for that. Ronald Freeman, Lipper Company International Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0831001447 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School

Wolfensohn indictment

senior economist at the institution, says: It's still the push-money bank. Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0830001476 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

In defence of Wolfensohn 3

shareholders are leaving Mr Wolfensohn hanging out to dry. Critics of his leadership should look closely at why this is so. John Tourtellotte, Managing Director, Diplomates sans Frontie`res Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0903001188 Michael Keaney

In defence of Wolfensohn 4

for these reforms? Robert Hunter Wade, Professor of Political Economy, London School of Economics Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0904001351 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Alumni news

authorities to reconsider their approach to such monopolies. Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0903001144 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

World Bank vs. markets

democratic process of parliamentary scrutiny. David Wall, Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0903001189 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland

In defence of Wolfensohn 5

forces are at work, wanting to undermine this paradigm shift in development practice. They cannot be allowed to succeed. Clare Short, Secretary of State for International Development Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0905001364 Michael Keaney

Corroding people

for phone companies to provide contracts which would give children as much as 600 free minutes a month, which they would be sure to use up. Full article at: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/5-9-19101-0-23-25.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620

In defence of Wolfensohn 6

. Sadly, this article, with its one-sided view, offers no guidance to the interested reader. Shengman Zhang, Secretary of the Management Committee, World Bank Full article at: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=trueid=01 0905001459 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School

Spook book crooks

to procure a copy. Full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,546985,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

British state turf wars

/story.jsp?story=92402 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Competitive Advantage of Nations

asked to keep the meeting secret, none of the delegates approached by The Independent yesterday returned calls. In spite of a number of approaches, MI5 failed to comment. Full article at: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=92810 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School

Questions of Leadership

[Was The Queer will be Dethroned] Chris Burford writes: http://www.merepseud.mcmail.com/Queer.htm An interesting clip, but Michael [Pugliese] gave no introduction. = MK: Yes, it would be helpful to know the purpose of this. = Despite the title, I do not think this has anything to

GCG politics

Karl Carlile writes: Perhaps we can discuss the Global Communist Group's programme. Surely somone on the list has bothered to read and has a some view on it. = My conscience thereby pricked, and welcoming a change from the usual British state fare, I had a glance at the programme. Three

Questions of Leadership

Michael Pugliese writes: One of my bad habits when there is too much e-mail to deal with but, I want to tell y'all of some interesting nibblet on the net. The title/subject line, was a quote from some intelligence spook on Harold Wilson. Who I really doubt is gay, btw. Peter Mandelson is,

the attack

Andrew Hagen writes: I disagree. IMHO, the attack was cowardly. They attacked defenseless people. Only cowards do such things. There is an assumption that the tactic of secrecy was necessary. This softly implies that the attack itself was necessary. Not only would that statement be wrong, it

Interesting timing

the city's race relations. Full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/racism/Story/0,2763,550465,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Skilled labour shortage

://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,550707,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

the attack

Jim D. qualifies: Even if these aspirations aren't always legitimate, the US and its allies need to learn to treat other countries and people with respect, i.e., to realize that people who don't think in terms of the official Pentagon/State Department party line deserve to have aspirations.

the attack

Rob writes: Item: From yesterday's Lehrer panelwank: If we're gonna do this right ... aircraft, a naval presence, and ground troops ... we're not talking surgical strikes ... 10 000 bin Laden terrorists in 50 countries ... . = In my earlier missive I neglected to mention another aspect of

FW: fwd from l-i

-Original Message- From: Mark Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13. syyskuuta 2001 17:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:17012] fwd from l-i At 13/09/2001 11:52, Stanwrote: Many of us participated in the Crashlist, where we gained a keen

the attack

Jim If you read what you just wrote I think you end up answering your initial question. Winning a war in Afghanistan would be easy, true, but it's the occupation that will sap the energy, as will the inevitable police actions that must be taken as a direct consequence of any such effort. Mark's

the attack

Jim D. wrote: The US industrial economy may be in decline, but its military and financial might are undimmed. The US/NATO as a whole is still pretty strong. The transnationals are running the world economy. Etc. = I think the revisionist official explanation for the Asian crisis, whose

Pathological

From the Guardian's breaking news pages: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-1169377,00.html Tax Relief For Victims' Families Thursday September 13, 2001 4:50 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Victims of the terrorist attacks and their families would get tax breaks previously reserved for

WTC Bombing

David Shemano writes: The majority of the comments are what I expected. Utter moral confusion. Futile attempts to fit the events into your preexisting world views. = The above statement tells us a lot about your own preexisting world views. And who wouldn't be morally confused in this

US imperial decline?

Jim D. writes: Why is trying to exert control over wayward, actually and potentially, allies and other less committed types a symptom of US imperial decline? All empires always try to control as much as possible. If Finland were to be brought into the NATO fold, that would be a symptom of US

Enlightening lessons

and safety standards. The school will be open to pupils today. Full article at: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/14-9-19101-0-21-51.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Taking stock of the situation

% a decade ago. John Weston, chief executive, said the political will to spend more had not altered. But the group expects production and delivery of Airbus planes to fall to 330 this year and 350 to 370 next year. Full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,551659,00.html Michael

Racist responses by media and authorities

Michael Pugliese wrote: World Socialist Website of the ICFI? wsws. A really tiny Trot group, that is remnants of the Workers League of Tim Wohlforth, an acquaintance. Tim isn't a Trot anymore. The Workers League and the ICFI still believe that the US SWP was run by the FBI AND KGB. Not a bad

SAS trained Mujahedin fighters in Scotland

Michael Pugliese reports: Scots link to US terror suspect = The links go deeper than that. In an apparent breach of the selectively draconian Official Secrets Act, former ITN journalist and co-honcho of the flagship News at Ten programme (with the Thatcherite Alistair Burnet) Sandy Gall

RE: Dead Metaphors Society

Tom Walker doubts: soft landing for the economy = One of the more interesting activities of an otherwise unremarkable weekend was catching up with the newspapers left unread owing to the extraordinary events of last week. This article seems very pertinent in light of the above, and, as

Gadaffi speech

Ken Hanly forwards: US risks quagmire in Afghanistan - Gaddafi By Gilles Trequesser = Prior to last Tuesday's events Gadaffi's activities were a cause of some concern to State Dept officials and others, as this FT article relates: Libya pledge in Caribbean worries US: Poor islands are

Journal of Econ. Perspectives on the WTO

Michael P. asks: Has anybody looked at the recent issue? The symposium on trade seems especially weak to me. Am I alone on this? = Not having access to this I'd appreciate anyone's thoughts. I'd also appreciate a comment, if possible, on the following article: David A. Spencer (2000),

Unidentified sources get to work

Chris Burford wrote: Once again this Scottish source is so good, it makes you wonder if it is being used to leak informed briefings into the British media. But why? Is it to keep the flag flying for Britain in the skirmishing with US intelligence services, but discretely through a Scottish

These guys we can trust w/our civil liberties?

Jim D. resolves: I'm going to have to stop wearing a turban... = Far more worrying has been your recent lurch into game theory. I liked you better when you were bopping to 'NSync. Michael K.

Declaring war against journalism

According to yesterday's Independent: Greg Dyke, the director general of the BBC, was wrong to apologise for last week's edition of Question Time, in which members of the studio audience said that the US ought to try to understand why it was so hated by some Muslims. = Good grief. I had

Mission to explain

at: http://media.guardian.co.uk/attack/story/0,1301,553821,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Feddler on the roof

According to the NYT: The smaller-than-expected losses in the stock market reflected a surge of buying by ordinary Americans, who were evidently convinced that it was patriotic to be bullish. = Is anyone asking awkward questions about the identities of those whose apparent lack of

Appointments procedure

/0,3604,553628,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Another take on oil

of climate change around the world. Full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,553884,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

spencer

Jim Gautama Devine writes: It would have been very useful if someone had critiqued the kind of RPE you refer to. Of course, that would be a hard nut to crack, since that kind of RPE is definitely heterogeneous. It also doesn't avoid any of the questions that Spencer accuses RPE of avoiding.

UN Resolution 1333

Ken Hanly tells Gene Coyle: Bush already gave us the answer to that. Those who harboured terrorists are also guilty and to be punished. = An Egyptian friend tells me that the sheikh responsible for issuing the fatwah against Anwar Sadat is now resident in a country notorious for harbouring

Skilled labour shortage

is director of the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Durham Full article at: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/education/story.jsp?story=94924 Michael Keaney Mercuria Business School Martinlaaksontie 36 01620 Vantaa Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Jockeying for position

solidarity to strengthen US-EU ties on a host of issues. But the crisis is seen as a chance to promote the national interest too, in Germany's case closer cooperation on intelligence sharing. Full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,554808,00.html Michael Keaney Mercuria

Britain/US split?

time since he forced Mandelson to quit. Full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4253041,00.html Michael Keaney

Objectivity

to the newspaper denying that its correspondents were either biased towards, or intimidated by, the Palestinians, and pointing out that it is a reporters' job to put events into context. Full article at: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=95212 Michael Keaney Mercuria

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