Life of Alan

(tags: Columbia)

The web journal of Imad Moustapha, Syria’s envoy to the US. Not much about Syria, but interesting from an inside-the-beltway point of view.

(tags: Syria)

A balance-sheet of Russia’s post-Soviet fortunes, placing the devastating collapse of the 1990s and recent revival under Putin in comparative context. Vladimir Popov warns of the dangers—overvalued currency, oil dependence, crumbling infrastructure

(tags: Russia)

When working with government and large private organizations on complex information systems, project managers and business representatives often demand early-stage validation that the proposed classification system provides the user-friendly solution they

(tags: Communication)

An in-depth poll of four major Muslim countries has found that in all of them large majorities believe that undermining Islam is a key goal of US foreign policy. Most want US military forces out of the Middle East and many approve of attacks on US troops

(tags: Foreign_Policy)

Below is the much talked about, Canonical List of Banjo Jokes. Much talked about, but never revealed; until now. This presentation is the result of the tireless efforts of an International network of operatives who combed the earth (and beyond) checking a

(tags: Music)

Distributed Boing Boing (DBB) is a project to make Boing Boing accessible to those who are trapped behind firewalls running SmartFilter and other overzealous censorware. Visit a random mirror (recommended), or view the complete list of available DBB locat

(tags: Internet_Policy)

(tags: Zimbabwe)

Avataq Cultural Institute provides a strong foundation for the living culture of today’s Inuit. Since its inception in 1980, Avataq has built a solid reputation as the cultural leader for Nunavik Inuit and as an important resource for Inuit culture in Can

(tags: Quebec Native_America)

(tags: English)

(tags: Tajikistan)

(tags: Turkmenistan)

(tags: Games)

(tags: Blogging Media:Middle_East)

GoLoco is a service that helps people quickly arrange ride sharing between friends, neighbors, and colleagues. We also handle online payments from passengers to drivers for their share of the trip costs.

(tags: Transportation)

The bills before Congress affect our nation’s budget - and yours. Washingtonwatch.com tracks the bills in Congress, along with estimates about their costs or savings, when available. To learn more information, comment, or take action, click on a bill.

(tags: House Senate)

(tags: Mongolia)

(tags: Communication)

Normally, The Politico runs Cryptometers on critical issues and key players on Capitol Hill, such as those involved in the political struggle over the war in Iraq. But this week, we’re doing something a little different. We’re running a Cryptometer on

(tags: House)

(tags: Games)

(tags: Business)

(tags: Postgrad)