Tony Blair: What I've Learned ...

An exceptional article from The Economist.

Tony Blair
What I've learned
May 31st 2007From The Economist print edition
Tony Blair reflects on the lessons of his decade as Britain's prime minister

TEN years ago, if you had told me I would spend a significant part of my premiership on foreign policy, I would have been surprised, a little shocked and probably, politically, somewhat alarmed. Even today, we all run for office concentrating on domestic issues. “Foreign” policy rarely wins votes, and can easily lose them. Yet nowadays the reality is increasingly that we are obliged as leaders to think, work and act internationally.

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9257593

Economist: G8 Recap ...

It's amazing to see how so many of the far left leading American newspapers covered the G-8 as if George Bush was a leper. A more level bit of coverage from The Economist.

Friendly environment
Jun 8th 2007 HEILIGENDAMM, GERMANYFrom Economist.com
The G8 countries agree on climate change, and more besides

DESPITE the row over Russian missiles that preceded it and the mob of angry protestors outside, the G8 meeting probably helped in the quest for global stability. The top industrial countries ended their summit in Heiligendamm on Friday June 8th with a handful of agreements aimed at just that goal. The most positive outcome of the three-day summit was America's apparent shift closer to the G8 mainstream.

http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9320677&top_story=1

Paris Hilton makes New York Time Page 1 Lead ...

To further demonstrate the deterioration of The New York Times we point out that while last week's terror plot at JFK was covered on page 37, The Greying Lady found little problem placing Paris Hilton on the page 1 lead.

Paris Hilton Is Ordered Back to Jail
By MARIA NEWMAN
Published: June 8, 2007

A judge today ordered a tearful Paris Hilton back to jail, reversing a decision by the Los Angeles County sheriff to release her and keep her under house arrest after she had served only three days of a 45-day sentence.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/us/08cnd-paris.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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Victor Hanson on the G-8 Conference

June 8, 2007
G-8 Precipice; It’s a different world.
by Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online

The fitting geological metaphor for the so-called G-8 meeting in Germany is not a summit, but a precipice — as the world’s leaders scramble around to grab something before one of them falls into the abyss.

http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson060807.html