Guatemala-born Internet activist Gloria Alvarez believes that today’s protest movements contain, as politics always has, the seeds of future complacency, arrogance and corruption.
Month: January 2015
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The Blurry Future Of Google Glass
Though Google’s new technology was once hailed as revolutionary, product disappointment has set in and technology watchers are predicting that Google Glass is doomed.
SINGAPORE — Jashodaben Modi arrives at the police station sitting on the luggage rack of her brother’s motor bike. A simple woman, she wears a white cotton sari with an orange top underneath, wire frame glasses, and her grey hair in a braid. She wants to lodge a complaint with the police of the Mehsana […]
Since 2000, China’s car industry has grown twentyfold. And to maintain strength in the market, German carmakers are creating designs exclusively for Chinese sensibilities.
CAIRO — Yasmine Hamed worked hard to save money for her marriage five years ago. But by the time her daughter Jannah was old enough for school, she realized that the savings race would have to start all over. Hamed had stopped working as a secretary after bouncing between two jobs so she could finally […]
Modern feminism is too focused on the image of feminists themselves, rather than renewing debate of the movement’s core principles. What can be done about feminism fatigue.
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A Fruitful Trip
Driving on the rugged roads of Northern Greece in our valiant Simca Aronde, we stumbled upon a couple of quaint surprises — enormous piles of watermelons, for instance.
DAKAR — Security concerns in Africa currently revolve around two central issues: the anarchy in Libya, and the Boko Haram caliphate that has taken root in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. Looking ahead to 2015, the Islamist terrorist threat looms over the continent, even as some question whether the military-driven reaction of African governments may […]
The Castro regime’s about-face to restore ties with the U.S. signals the communist economic system’s shameful failure. But politics is another matter.
JANUARY Israel Ariel Sharon, former prime minister Portugal Eusebio, soccer player United States Phil Everly, musician FEBRUARY Spain Paco de Lucia, Flamenco guitarist United States Shirley Temple, child actress United States Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor MARCH Spain Adolfo Suarez, former prime minister United States L’Wren Scott, fashion designer France Alain Resnais, filmmaker APRIL United Kingdom […]