Paul William Roberts piece The Flagging Empire, appeared in today’s Globe and Mail. This is a long, but thought provoking read. It’s about oil, Iraq, New Orleans, America’s relationship with China, with a little bit of conspiracy theory thrown in for good measure. Roberts is asking "How did we get here, and where do we go next?".
On a related topic, the Canadian Security Intelligent Service now says that Terrorism is a Perpetual Threat. It can’t be defeated.
And, of course, this morning’s papers in Canada ran the NY Times Story from yesterday in which Colin Powell called his UN speech a lasting blot on his record.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
