Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Block Those Economic Metaphors - NYTimes.com

Block Those Economic Metaphors - NYTimes.com

A Wiki hornets' nest

A Wiki hornets' nest:

Eugene Robinson, from the Washington Post raises some serious conflicts arising from the recent shutdown of services by Amazon, PayPal, Visa, Master Card, and others.

There have been Denial of Service attacks on all these companies. Who should be supported as the cyber-war escalates?

Der Spiegel, among the most thoughtful of the German publications offers this contribution to the discussion.

Next, is a look at the Julian Assagne, the man in the middle of all of this.

Richard Holbrooke dies: Veteran U.S. diplomat brokered Dayton peace accords

Richard Holbrooke dies: Veteran U.S. diplomat brokered Dayton peace accords