Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
I've been doing some more reading - one of my thoughts was to create a section on the sidebar with resources/writings on religion I have used and perused along the way, should others want to have a look through. A lot of this recent thinking was kicked off by a ...
Posted in Crisis of Religion, Cultural History, Feminism, Hadith, Islam, Power, Religion, Religious Inquiry, Sahih Bukhari, Social History, Strange Hadith | 64 Comments »
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
yesterday's epolitix bulletin had this lovely snippet:
"The chancellor Alistair Darling uses an interview with the Financial Times newspaper to say sudden changes on taxing private equity could impact negatively on the "absolutely critical" role of the City in the economy"
oh yes of course alistair. whilst i may not be disagreeing ...
Posted in Cabinet, Corporation, Institutions, Politics, Private Equity, Regulation, Social Institutions, Social Organization, WTO, collaborative markets, critique of economics, social observation, society and sociology | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Gaza: Brilliant wonderful news - BBC reporter Alan Johnston has been finally released, after much worry and an agonising, 114 days in captivity.
Read all about it on the BBC
and the Guardian
What will be interesting to see as we get more information - is what role Hamas have played in this ...
Posted in Alan Johston, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Hostage Crisis, Israel-Palestine, Middle East, News & info, UK, World Affairs: politics and news | 3 Comments »