TOKYO — Japanese soccer fans woke up at 3:30 in the morning to watch the final game of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. For the hard working people of Japan, the game aired on the morning of a national holiday: Marine Day. Those who made the sacrifice to wake up early to cheer for their [...]
With the issuing of a very rare Sunday arrest appointment, Rebekah Brooks, News International’s recently resigned CEO, was taken into custody by the Metropolitan Police Service only two days before she was to appear before the Culture Select Committee of the British government to give testimony regarding the News of the World Hacking scandal. The [...]
As I walked around Tokyo this afternoon, I looked around for soccer fans wearing jerseys to promote the big game tonight between Japan and the US. It wasn’t shocking to find only one woman wearing a red jersey at the busy Shibuya train station, where thousands of people commute back and forth. My disappointment stems [...]
Everyone is worried about the possibility of the economic system crashing. That would be understandable if this economic system was working for you, but it isn’t. The current system of predatory global capitalism is more centralized, and more serving of a particular elite, than any form of state socialism or state communism has been. The [...]
Now that the nominations for the 63rd Annual Emmy Awards have been announced, critics and fans can wage their campaigns and place their bets for the winners. The list of the top contenders in the top categories follow below. And as you peruse it, you’ll discover a plethora of outstanding entertainment. But among the predictable [...]
