Webdiary - Founded and Inspired by Margo Kingston

"History does have a habit of repeating itself. I started to write this piece before Margo's shock announcement of her retirement from Webdiary. My heart sank at first then soared as the spirit of the Webdiary Community emerged almost immediately. And here I am, making my debut on the Webdiary Community on a piece on Aceh." PF Journey

|| David Brooks on the mess conservatives are in || Report on violence in Iraq || Jim Hoagland on the spread of Islamic terrorism || Robert Gott says the US is undermining Venezuelan democracy || Bishakha De Sarkar on changing s*exual attitudes in India || Terence Kealey on bad science and childcare || Sean Gonzales uses modern cliches || MODERN MANNERS: Inside the men's room || Nicholas Hookway  on community and blogs || Report on the return of the push-rod engine    ||

"With best wishes for the future of the new Webdiary Community, The Daily Briefing will go on, resuming the life of the independent media service that it had previously. It would be great to have some of the Webdiary readers who have come to appreciate TDB join it as subscribers. If you go here you can sign up for a month's free trial of the daily email. Anyone who signs up for a free trial with some variation of the word "webdiary" as their password, or part of it, can have a three month free trial.Subscriptions cost $77 a year; or $55 if you supply another email address for someone who might also like a free trial. But anyone who uses a version of "webdiary" as their password can have a 12 months subscription for $44 - just sign up for 6 months at that price and your subscription will automatically be extended to 12 months." Wayne Sanderson

After a roller-coaster 48 hours, what happens next?
David Roffey, GM Webdiary

"If the late great Argentine economist Raul Prebisch were alive today, he no doubt would wonder whether the world had turned upside down. His hugely influential "dependency" theory argued that if poor countries relied too much on commodity exports, they would never achieve the industrial depth needed to sustain rapid growth. Instead, they would become mired in a cycle of declining global commodity prices and ever-dwindling income shares." Kenneth Rogoff

Whatever the future may hold for Webdiary and Margo, The Daily Briefing will go on, resuming the life of the independent media service that it had previously. Prior to entering into the agreement to publish TDB on Webdiary, it had been operating for 12 months on a subscription model, with subscribers receiving an email each morning.

It would be great to have some of the Webdiary readers who have come to appreciate TDB join it as subscribers. If you go here you can sign up for a month's free trial of the daily email. Anyone who signs up for a free trial with some variation of the word "webdiary" as their password, or part of it, can have a three month free trial.

Subscriptions cost $77 a year; or $55 if you supply another email address for someone who might also like a free trial. But anyone who uses a version of "webdiary" as their password can have a 12 months subscription for $44 - just sign up for 6 months at that price and your subscription will automatically be extended to 12 months.

The sudden demise of Webdiary has given cause for a few anxious moments over at TDB, so if you are interested to sign up, that would be much appreciated.

In the meantime, I have come to a loose arrangement with Hamish to continue to have a working relationship with Webdiary, if and when appropriate.

Wayne Sanderson

In today's TDB:
|| Steve Coll of the education of Osama bin Laden || David Crossland on Rice's failed European trip  || Report on the first climate change refugees || David Barash on C.P. Snow and two cultures || Carrie McLaren on advertising and subliminal seduction || MEDIA: Harper's after Lewis Lapham || Edward Wyatt on falling book sales || Gene Weingarten wonders 'what if ...?'    || Report on changing approaches to child rearing || THE REST: The spy who came back from the dead ||