(i asked the editors for a piece of writing from them and an image or two and this is what neil sent me. if you get lost during neil’s bashful mini bio, skip ahead to the quote he chose to include. the juxtaposition of ideas made me smile, maybe it’ll give you a buzz too. [...]
The Rebel Sell, by Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter.
Reviewed by Risa Dickens.
The Rebel Sell (my favorite Christmas present this year) takes everybody down a notch, and then asks them to stop with the hifalutin calls for “deeper” change. The authors argue that there is a pervasive and misleading myth in North America – a story [...]
by FoggyB.
Diplomacy and democracy often interact in unusual and unexpected ways. A case in point is the election campaign currently taking place in Canada. On January 11th, the conservative paper the Western Standard published a leaked version of the Liberal Party electoral platform. Tucked away in this 86-page document is mention of the Liberal Party’s [...]
christian allan bertelsen
BA, communication studies, concordia university
MA, media studies, concordia university
identity politics – discourse – deconstruction – semiotics – psychoanalysis – feminism – spatial analysis
as it stands thus far, i am open’s only yellowknife correspondent/editor. the research that i am currently carrying on with addresses questions of identity constitution and social cohesion as they [...]
a window into nuclear diplomacy
by Foggy Bottom
[Update: Foggy B. sent me an updated draft of "Trouble in Tehran" with lots new links and even a few pictures.]
In an act that stunned diplomats, a few days ago Iran announced that it would not attend negotiations with the so-called EU-3 (France, Germany, and the UK). The next [...]
My Job
by MK
Still just going sailing all day with a bunch of middle-aged, well-to-do men.
It pays the bills and I get to live here. I am doing a liveaboard on our sweet J 120 this coming week which should be amazing. Nuevo Vallarta to Quimixto to Islas Mariettas, to Chacala, to Punta Mita, and
home [...]
