As I referenced in my prior entry, I'm reviewing Sun's three major strategic imperatives, and our progress going in to next fiscal year. Our strategic imperatives, in order, are: 1. Technology Adoption 2. Commercial Innovation 3. Efficiently Connecting 1. and 2. This entry focuses on the second, Com...

Yesterday John McCormack pointed out excellent stem-cell pieces by Yuval Levin and Robert George & Eric Cohen. Will Saletan's piece in Slate also deserves to be read. Saletan is a measured proponent of embryonic stem-cell research and his piece is a caution to his confederates about not delving too ...

Hard Rock Cafe Prague Originally uploaded by Jonathan Marks the cafe isn't open yet, but the shop selling merchandise definitely is. Got to get the priorities right...

China's massive tree-planting scheme masks disastrous deforestation and damage to biodiversity thanks to the country's insatiable desire for wood Viewed from the snow-covered hills of Tangwanghe, the forests of China's Great Green Wall seem to stretch out endlessly towards the horizon. The man-made ...

66 out of 70 TV pilots this year will be shot under AFTRA jurisdiction, reports the Hollywood Reporter today. That's 94% for AFTRA and only 6% for SAG. Meanwhile, I've been told somewhat different numbers that calculate out to about 87% AFTRA. Either way, it's a 180 from typical figures, as I'm told...

The American Workman: a style born out of necessity. As the look transgresses into the fashion world some of this rough necessity is lost a replaced with sanitised styling but I say if you're going to do a look do it all out, why be satisfied with anything less than 100%? Dress like an American Work...

My sister Flora recently started a garden blog and I’ve been talking her through the process. Flora has a lot to say about gardening, and she has thousands of high-quality photos of her work, her store, and the various projects she’s been associated with. Her biggest question was how the...

With his wife being accused of exploiting her son's drug problem in her new book, Jonathan Myerson speaks out for the �rst time to reveal why the story had to be told There have been so many Worst Moments. There was the morning we watched our son shamble down the street, spare T-shirt and shoes st...

2:33 PM Jonathan Keebler - CTV is going to step up to the mic at 3pm. 2:34 PM Jonathan Keebler - Shaw Communications is being quizzed right now. CRTC wants proof that a levee on their internet service would drive their customers to lower-cost internet plans like they maintain. 2:35 PM Jonathan Keebl...

There is a serious feud ongoing between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer. Stewart, as you probably know, used the Daily Show and other venues to slam the financial TV networks in general and CNBC specifically. The Mad Money host, who has become famous by instructing viewers to buy and sell individual stoc...