Thursday afternoon update

- VDH is bang on about the ports controversy, but that being said, this guy, while unpolished, makes some good points about the lack of trust and the suspicion that a lot of folks cast on Muslims in North America.
- Why won't anyone give Clare Hoy a regular column?

- Don't count him out just yet.

- This is amazing. I would love to see a race.

- A minor fuss is being made about this book, but I find this phenomenon a lot more interesting both politically, culturally and intellectually. I wonder what the NYT thinks, now that they have a "conservative" beat (from Fox via Sham The Tory Man):

Conservative Beat Successful

The New York Times has provided readers with new insights and perspectives since launching its conservative beat two years ago, according to the Times' public editor Byron Calame.

Calame says coverage of the conservative movement has spawned a greater awareness across the newsroom and among readers, quoting the paper's national editor, Suzanne Daley, as saying it's created a kind of awakening that's contagious among the staff. So why not create a liberal beat as well? Calame says that decision, "reflected the reality that The Times's coverage of liberals had no gaps similar to those in its reporting on the conservative movement."

- Finally, some excellent career advice from GE's Jack Welch. My favourites are execution and passion. There is nothing better than knowing that you are getting up in the morning to improve your little corner of the world through the work that you do, and then actually getting it done and done well.