Roundup time
There's so much interesting reading out there in the blogosphere today that I'm going to recycle some of it here.
Our headline news item comes from Reuters via Ohrada News in Prague. The roundup in this case was at Goree Island, Senegal, where residents were rounded up at 6 a.m. and taken to a soccer (that's "football" outside the U.S.) stadium, where they were held for six hours until George W. Bush's one-hour visit was over. Apologies to the people of Senegal for that shameful incident, and some free advice to Mr. Bush and his team: I read last week in The New York Times that cowboy fashion is very popular outside the U.S. right now, so next time you folks conduct one of these roundups, make sure you've got all the proper accoutrements, like 10-gallon hats and lassos and spurs. Surely the same crew that came up with that flight suit for the "end of hostilities in Iraq" announcement can come up with a cowboy costume.
Copyright was the topic yesterday, not just here but on Prague blogger Doug Arellanes's page. Since the Czech translation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix isn't scheduled for publication until February, an enterprising group of young Czech Harry Potter fans went ahead with their own translation, which they published online. The Czech publisher of the Harry Potter line, Albatros books, is trying to prosecute the volunteer translators for copyright violation.
And beyond the blogosphere, but still of interest is an analysis by freelance journalist Michael Massing in the Washington Post on the politics behind the administration's choices of experts to help with the reconstruction of Iraq. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Massing earlier this year at a party celebrating the 25th anniversary of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Massing, former executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, covered both the 1991 Gulf War and this year's invasion of Iraq.
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @4:25 PM
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