Archive for August, 2003
Thursday, August 7th, 2003
There's a new Pew report support for Bush is slipping:As President Bush shows increasing political vulnerability, the Democratic presidential field is slowly coming into focus. Bush's approval rating has declined to 53% and his lead in a match-up with a hypothetical Democrat has narrowed to five points (43%-38%), from ten ...
Posted in Electoral politics | Comments Off on Support for Bush slipping?
Thursday, August 7th, 2003
The Galway Advertiser reports today on an expression of interest - fronted by my friend Shauna O'Brien - in starting a local television channel for Galway.
Unlike the US Ireland does not have a tradition of local or public access television. The BCI's current licensing process should change that. The expression ...
Posted in Alternative Media, Flirt FM | Comments Off on Local TV for Galway?
Wednesday, August 6th, 2003
Stanley Fish has an article in today's Chicago Sun-Times outlining a strategy he would like to see the Democratic candidates pursue: pool their money and buy ads condemning Bush on issues they agree on. I have to say it sounds attractive.
[credit to the Goddess for pointing out this one]
Posted in Electoral politics | Comments Off on Positive spin on negative ads?
Wednesday, August 6th, 2003
"The Government has published new guidelines to encourage mothers to continue breastfeeding as the sole source of nutrition for six months, and to continue breastfeeding for two years.
"Yet, at the same time, the Government is bringing legislation through ...
Posted in Society and culture | Comments Off on Contradictions in Irish government policy
Wednesday, August 6th, 2003
Brendan Howlin of Labour has responded to the IMF report on the Irish economy, arguing mainly that the IMF's 'one size fits all' approach would result in Ireland's need for increased capital spending squeezing current spending. I attach his response below:
Posted in International law and structures | Comments Off on Labour responds to IMF report
Saturday, August 2nd, 2003
Seems that the latest Vatican publication on homosexuality could lead to prosecutions under the 1989 Incitement to Hatred Act in Ireland.
Posted in Society and culture | Comments Off on Church documents breach law?
Friday, August 1st, 2003
Posted in Alternative Media, Meta, Online communication, Personal | Comments Off on Newsletter August 2003
Friday, August 1st, 2003
Regular readers will remember my complaint about Essay database sites. Essentially, one such site - Edlibrary - was linking to my essays through a subscription-only link, and were giving the impression that my essay was being provided by them to subscribers (rather than that they were providing a targeted search ...
Posted in Intellectual property issues | Comments Off on Copyright and essay databases II
Friday, August 1st, 2003
Alternet have an interesting piece on income distribution in the US. Does anyone have similar information for Ireland? I'm curious. We don't have too many billionaires, but I wonder how the income spread looks overall.
Posted in Income and poverty | Comments Off on Income distribution
Friday, August 1st, 2003
Posted in Radio | Comments Off on Support Prometheus