Standardise schooling The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser titled Board Exam: A Rational Approach says: The UPA-I was notorious for its comatose, narrow-minded approach to education. UPA-II on the reverse has an HRD Minister brimming with new ideas. Most of them are innovative, agreeable and long overdue,...
A gleaming new showcase for the Acropolis in Athens
Denver Post
Denver Post
The marble head of the goddess Isis being fit onto the 2,500-year-old Parthenon frieze at the new Acropolis Museum in Athens. (AP, Thanassis Stavrakis) ATHENS — For advocates of the repatriation of marble...
Criminal courts or trial by Parliament for errant MPs?
The Times
The Times
Sir, Politicians will not regain the trust of the public if those MPs and peers who have been or may be charged with false accounting over their expenses claims are able to invoke parliamentary privilege (report, Feb 6)....
Apple's First Tablet
IGN Insider
IGN Insider
We take a look back at the Newton, Apple's first stab at tablet technology. by January 25, 2010 - Later this week Apple is expected to reveal their highly anticipated tablet, but amongst the hype and fervor about the new...
The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron by Tim Bale
The Guardian
The Guardian
Simon Jenkins wonders if the Tories will ever escape the confines of the Westminster village...
The test of time
Denver Post
Denver Post
Some films of the '80s and '90s are already obsolete because major portions of their plot rely exclusively on a lack of today's technology. Like many thirtysomethings, my wife and I watch a lot of TBS movies,...
Utterly Hospitable!
The Star
The Star
A recent hospital stay turns out to be an unexpectedly pleasant experience. I AM writing this as I have no better way to thank the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre for the fine treatment I received there recently. It...
Illinois Governor Struggles to Identify Freed Inmates
The New York Times
The New York Times
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Nearly six weeks after Gov. Patrick J. Quinn halted an early release program that freed hundreds of potentially violent inmates, his administration is still struggling to identify which criminals...
The Romantic poets: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt by Lord Byron
The Guardian
The Guardian
This week, the Guardian and the Observer are running a series of seven pamphlets on the Romantic poets. To coincide with it, I'm blogging daily on one of each day's selected works...
On This Road, Watch Your Step
The New York Times
The New York Times
THE killer road beckons benignly in the winter sunshine. The name remains the same, Hempstead Turnpike, but any charm it once had is gone, along with its tolls. The endless traffic on this dowdy 16-mile link between...





