Change We Can, Change We Shall says Maldives politician

"MUSING ON INDEPENDENCE Today is our 43rd Independence Day. I am sitting at home, enjoying a rare day with my family. Just now, the children are playing with their cousins as my little nephew is celebrating his...

iPhone 3G Lineup Starts in NYC...One Week Early

Apple addicts, ardent brand loyalists, and members of the uber-eager gadget gang have already begun staking their claim to be some of the first folks to scoop up the 3G iPhone when it is released on July 11th. To...

Free WiFi for US Starbucks customers

"USA Today reported today that Starbucks will be offering a free WiFi service for it’s US customers.  As part of their ‘Rewards’, a program a loyalty card which gives customers various free or discounted...

Will white women vote Conservative out of spite?

Here's a juicy blog that puts forth an interesting idea: will women who feel Hillary got a raw deal throw party loyalty out the window and vote McCain? A new poll suggests just that."The woman who shouted "McCain in...

Seven Brand and Marketing Trends for 2007 : Chief Marketer

"Nobel Prize winner Niels Bohr once noted that prediction is very difficult, especially about the future, but then he didn't have access to predictive loyalty metrics. Happily, we at Brand Keys do. And because they...

Gov't Opposition Leader Dion: I want Loyalty.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanada's Federal Liberal Leader Stephane Dion is demanding Loyalty from his Party, in what is rumoured to be a putsch by party members.My Final ThoughtMr. Dion, time and...

CHINA: Offering Tibetan monks "FREE EDUCATION".

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAh Bless their cotton socks, the Chinese Government officials kind gesture to Tibet in what can only be described as a  "Olive Whip of Higher Learning" are now...

Truth Under Lock & Key: Musharaff Packs Courts With Personally Loyal Pseudo-J...

There simply is no chance of an independent, honest investigation into the assassination of Musharaff rival and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. And, there's not much chance of independent news, either, given the approved beatings of journalists.Pakistan is a nuclear...

Don't Fence Me In: Kucinich Lassoes Texas Democratic Party, Heads to Court Ov...

"What would an election be without lawsuits and celebrities? Dennis Kucinich, in a snit over the Texas Democratic Party loyalty oath, winds up off the ballot. Backed by Willie Nelson, Kucinich saddled up and moseyed off to court. He's seeking a restraining order against the...

Four Years AFTER the Revolution

I have lived to see, first-hand, how an entire society goes mad, and loses all humanity…The personal is the political, and the choices we make in our everyday lives translate into  good or evil in the (supposedly distinct) public sphere. Whether misled by ambition, or...

The three stooges: The president won't fire Alberto Gonzales. He needs him to...

Sidney Blumenthal is beyond credible.  he is one of the very few professional reporters digging into why the American public is willing to go fascist for the benefit of corporate profits at the expense of their...

Microsoft Hungary Subsidiary Raided

"Hungarian authorities have raided the offices of Microsoft Magyarorszag, the Redmond company's subsidiary in the country. Regulators believe Microsoft abused its position in the market to force computer makers sell only Office and no competing products. "The GVH sensed that...

TESCO’s USA Operations Go Live Fresh ... And Easy :: Symblogogy

"TESCO’s website that is a cornerstone for the ambitious effort to establish a new brand and way of convenience store positioning went live and online yesterday. With this site, TESCO hopes to establish a...

Corporate Culture (and technology) Gone Wrong :: Symblogogy

"Let’s be honest … when a company invests improperly in technology that would have allowed them to compete on an equal footing with the other players in the marketplace the worst things can happen. Albertson’s...

Names on the Wall to become faces on a wall

"WASHINGTON - The thousands of etched names give sobering power to the V-shaped Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Each represents a life story cut short in one of America's most troubling wars. Click to Enlarge An artist's rendering of the wall of faces that will be part of a...

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