In the wake of the attempted airplane bombing on Christmas Day, Mark Salter has written an op-ed piece for The Globe and Mail to explain new airport security techniques. Salter, who is editor of Politics at the Airport, argues, rather controversially (he admits), that a new piece of technology, the “back-scatter” x-ray (which draws up … More Mark Salter on airport security
In previous years, the brash city-state of Dubai has made news with its exuberant stream of headline-grabbing megaprojects. The emirate, one of the seven that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE), erected iconic buildings such as the billowing-sail-shaped Burj al Arab. It was a place where architects could realize visions considered impracticable anywhere else, … More The Future of Dubai?
Today’s post is by Dana D. Nelson, professor of English and American studies at Vanderbilt University and author of Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People (Minnesota 2008; paperback edition forthcoming in February 2010. In the run-up to the first anniversary of President Barack Obama’s historic election, HBO is advertising … More Reinvigorating Democracy: What "The People" Really Need
