Nick Rowe

Nick Rowe and I were both thinking about Borges’ Library of Babel the other day, though for different reasons (I think). For Nick it was part of another of his fun posts that start from way beyond leftfield and end up nice and close to home. I was trying to figure out something helpful and original to say about Wikileaks and what it means for journalism. This is where I’m at:

Not long ago, I suggested that the NDP should keep their name and build on their “New Strong” brand. That’s just marketing advice — what they really need is something worth selling. And what do you know? Stephen and Nick over at WCI have spent their August laying out the NDP’s ideal election platform, under the fancy heading “Economic policy advice for the NDP”.  The best part: you don’t have to be an NDP supporter to like the proposals on offer.