Political Happiness
It has become one of the best known factoids in the western world: despite a sharp rise in material wealth over the past 40 years the average level of reported happiness has remained static.
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Panelist's View | February 3, 2007 8:00 AM
Comments (1)Panelist View | February 26, 2007 6:30 AM
Martin Scorsese's Movie, The Departed, Weakens Hong Kong Classic
The movie The Departed -- a remake of the Hong Kong classic Infernal Affairs -- may be considered one of the hottest movies of the year in America. But here in Asia most film critics and movie-goers agree that the original is far superior.
Travel Video | March 22, 2007 10:41 AM
Video: Touring the Antarctic Peninsula
We don't have a PostGlobal panelist in Antarctica, and the continent hasn't factored into too many geopolitical struggles since World War II, but PostGlobal editor Amar Bakshi recently traveled there and created a video about his trip. Check it out here. It's part of a larger package at www.washingtonpost.com/antarctica. Look there and then read the transcript of Amar and a group of scientists here.
VIDEO | Touring the Antarctic Peninsula
Guest Voices | March 26, 2008 2:24 PM
Ignoring Al Jazeera
CAIRO, Egypt – It appears that Israel is taking a page from the George W. Bush book of public diplomacy: attempting to influence coverage by Arab media by boycotting the most influential television station in the Arab world.
In the latest news from Jerusalem, it seems the Ehud Olmert government has decided Al Jazeera favors Hamas over Israel in the Gaza conflict and will now refuse to deal with its reporters.
Guest Voices | March 28, 2008 12:04 PM
Dialogue of the Deaf: Europe's Muslim "Problem"
By Jørgen S. Nielsen
Copenhagen, Denmark -- In Europe we are anxiously awaiting public reaction to the controversial public showing of a film attacking the Koran, produced by the Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders.
This comes on top of trouble already brewing over the republication of the notorious Muhammad cartoons in several Danish newspapers. More than two years after the cartoons’ original publication, it seems we are back where we started, with protests simmering and sometimes descending into violence in various parts of the Muslim world.
Beneath the myriad reasons for these events appears to be a fundamental inability of people whose beliefs vary to understand how the other side thinks and feels. We have here a dialogue of the deaf, although paradoxically both sides share the same motivation: fear.
