· January, 2008

Stories about Ideas from January, 2008

Cuba, UK: Visual Expressions

  22 January 2008

Child of the Revolution‘s interest is piqued by a new London art gallery's exhibition of the work of Cuban visual artists to show how they “discuss contradictions, ambiguities and social negotiations in Cuban life”.

Bahamas, Bermuda: Law Enforcement

  22 January 2008

“If they can minimize these minor crimes that would be a good start”: Sidney Sweeting at WeblogBahamas.com attends the induction ceremony of the Bahamas’ new Police Commissioner.

Trinidad & Tobago: ‘Mas in April?

  21 January 2008

“They should save their symposium-organising money and use it for something else, because the idea is just plain absurd”: Caribbean Free Radio responds to news that a group of “Carnival stakeholders” is proposing “that Trinidad and Tobago’s age-old pre-lenten Carnival be moved to a more ‘convenient’ date”; while Nicholas Laughlin...

Bahamas: Serving Justice

  21 January 2008

An episode of Law and Order causes Nicolette Bethel to reflect on justice in the Bahamas, particularly in the recent case of the Sea Hauler tragedy.

China: A melee in and out of the college

  19 January 2008

A physical brawl between a college profeesor and his girl student in class incurred unusually opposite voices. The situation was even more complicated due to the resignation of another professor and was ending in a political debate between the liberal and the left wing.

A “Robot” for Analyzing the Persian Blogosphere

  19 January 2008

Arash Kamangir, is a very active Canada-based Iranian blogger who has contributed to several internet projects such as Balatarin, an Iranian version of Digg. He just launched an innovative project for analyzing the Persian blogosphere that provides valuable new information about Iranian blogs.

Trinidad & Tobago: Crime & Punishment

  18 January 2008

“Why do we allow such unworthy men to play with our lives?” Ramblings and Reason blogs about what she calls “the latest political red herring” in Trinidad and Tobago.

Jamaica, Bahamas: Fact and Fiction

  17 January 2008

“I never thought I'd be a non-fiction writer. I grew up reading the fantastic. As I grew older, though, I came to realize that fiction is shaped by fact”: Geoffrey Philp features Bahamian writer Nicolette Bethel in her own words.

Bahamas: Tipping Point

  17 January 2008

Larry Smith at Bahama Pundit is convinced the Bahamas has reached a tipping point: “If we are not very careful, we stand to lose not only our quality of life but our very existence as a functioning society.”

Jamaica, Haiti: Every Life Counts

  15 January 2008

“We must refuse to accept any idea that does not hold every human life as priceless. Every life counts”: Jamaican Geoffrey Philp draws on an experience he shared with Haitian writer Félix Morisseau-Leroy to emphasize the dangers of becoming immune to disturbing news.

Anguilla, Bermuda: Blogging

  14 January 2008

Corruption-free Anguilla refers to recent developments in Bermuda to answer the question of whether blogging makes a useful contribution.

Iran:”Each Shirt Says a Story”

  13 January 2008

Canada based Iranian blogger,illustrator and graphic designer, Pendar Yousefi, aka Legofish,presents the clothing as part of an epic saga: each design generated is accompanied and inspired by related Persian myths.Read more here and watch his designs here.

China 2007: Part2

  11 January 2008

Here is a personal roundup of what marked mainland China's 2007, a year of controversies, changes, desperation but also hopes.