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9 January, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘human rights’

The Money Medal Tally

By Denis Campbell • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Media
The bar has been raised to an impossible height. While innovative the human price had to be high with 25,000 people working night and day for more than a year The 29th Summer Olympiad ended with the same ritualistic, disciplined, spectacle and fanfare as they began. It was stultifyingly precise at every turn. Not one [...]


Georgia on My Mind

By Denis Campbell • Aug 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics
Memo to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili: just because Mr. Putin looks comfortable sitting and waving at the Olympic Opening ceremonies, don’t assume he is not paying attention. Whatever you do sir, don’t mess with the Big Dog.
Your attempt to assert authority over your own land thinking the bored guy sitting next to him wondering when [...]