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Betrayed by the Bureaucrats Thanks to Jeff Israely for his blunt, revealing discussion of Italy's misruling class [Aug. 20]. Sometimes you need to see a situation from an outsider's point of view to become aware of something relevant. Through Israely's merciless words, I reconsidered the recent shameful behavior of our politicians, and by the end of the article, I felt very embarrassed. So this is the way the world sees us! Yet I would really like to put in a word for a politician who is trying to do his best: Pier Luigi Bersani is striving...
...ensnared will be inspired to dedicate their lives - or at least a part of their lives - to public service. And it's possible. But a larger fraction may regard the whole exercise somewhat cynically, and the very concept of "volunteerism" under this kind of pressure may turn the word into a joke. The exclusion of kids whose parents are wealthy enough to buy their way out - as young men could buy their way out of the Civil War - will do nothing to reduce such cynicism. And young people may ask why, for example, farmers are not required to "volunteer...
...operators, who are little if not service companies, the word "service" must have rankled. But there was more from the boss from Nokia, the powerful Finnish company that dominates the world's handset market with a nearly 40% share and which has the clout to force industry shifts. "We are transporting Nokia into an Internet-driven company," he said. "Today, we are constantly thinking beyond the phone. Devices alone are no longer enough...
...Many of those, like the Nokia Music Store, will become part of the umbrella Ovi Website that will mark the company's formal Internet coming out when it launches later this year. Ovi - the Finnish word for "door" - could even offer TV programs at some point. Vanjoki, who is in charge of marketing Ovi, says it will includes millions of songs from all 4 major record labels as well as from regional bands. Nokia has set a European price of 1 Euro for a tune, and of 10 Euros for a CD. It has not finalized U.K. pricing, but when...
...Betrayed by the Bureaucrats Thanks to Jeff Israely for his blunt, revealing discussion of Italy's misruling class [Aug. 13]. Sometimes you need to see a situation from an outsider's point of view to become aware of something relevant. Reading Israely's merciless words, I reconsidered the recent shameful behavior of our politicians, and by the end of the article, I felt very embarrassed. So this is the way the world sees us! Yet I would really like to put in a word for a politician who is trying to do his best: Pier Luigi Bersani is striving...