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Athletes and politics

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American politics

I heart Lawrence Lessig. If you want to know what I think about the American election this year check out his blog and the video clips he’s put on his site. I especially liked this blog post – 20 minutes of excellence in my opinion.

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Calling for a global ban on polystyrene

I got a couple of slices of toast this morning from our café. I also had sushi for lunch down the road. The food was great, the packaging sucked. I hate polystyrene packaging. Hate it. I get that it’s cheap and that for packaging cheap is good. But the fact that it takes forever to [...]

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Peace in the middle east through balls and bucks

The wife and I often get into a heated debate about how to solve the world’s problems. One such problem is war and violence.  My take is that things like sport and business play a vital part in progress, and that politicking and government intervention isn’t enough. I was reminded about this as I read [...]

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Pooh and business

With Gordon Brown making the transition from chancellor to PM today I found myself thinking about the transition from managing the finances to being a leader. Actually it was more with the FT’s article humorously titled, “Eeyore must become Tigger of No 11” comparing business roles to characters in Winnie the Pooh. Segue: it’s interesting [...]

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