Labor Day weekend is upon us. And as in so many other things in this world, this is a case of American “exceptionalism.” Labor Day is celebrated on May 1 worldwide. But in the US, it was moved to the first Monday in September to take the whiff of radicalism away from it and depoliticize [...]
DATELINE: JOHANNESBURG I hope I am not upsetting CBS newsanchor Dan Rather this morning, or courting certain death by leading this column with more reporting from the World Summit on Sustainable Development here in South Africa. Dan, who a few months back was blasting his colleagues for self-censorship, has turned his critical gaze on the [...]
AT THE SUMMIT IN SOUTH AFRICA, DAY 3 You sit in the press room at the Sandton Conference Center surrounded by gaggle of fellow journalists, eyes glued to computer screens in the basement of the building. You are surrounded by official and unofficial documents, invitations to press conferences. Your colleagues are sending off emails around [...]
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