by Minter Dial | May 7, 2007 | Travel
If only a cathartic exercise, we would like to share with you our disappointing family experience on a recent tour with The Original London Sightseeing Bus Tour. 1-/ The buses were dirty. The smell was disgusting, particularly in one bus. 2-/ The buses were packed,...
by Minter Dial | May 7, 2007 | Politics
Ok, the old news is that UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has won the 2007 French Presidential elections. Argue what you will about the benefit of one or other candidate, the campaign and its results seem to carry several good messages that the American electorate would...
by Minter Dial | May 6, 2007 | Politics, Social Media
Until recently, I wasn’t aware that US presidential candidates were only allowed to accept $2,300 from a single individual in the primaries and another $2,300 for the presidential campaign. The only exception is the candidate him/herself who is allowed to invest...
by Minter Dial | May 5, 2007 | Travel
I was quite titillated by an IHT article last week (April 30) entitled “For $82 a day, a cozier way to do hard time.” This article opened my eyes to the concept of how wealthier prisoners in certain California prisons (ex Santa Ana) are able and allowed to...
by Minter Dial | May 4, 2007 | Uncategorized
I have recently found out about the presence of “pro bono” blogger, Matthew Lee, who has been accepted at the United Nations as part of the press corps — see www.InnerCityPress.com. Lee is part of 200 full-time permanent correspondents at the UN....