Cartoonist Martin Rowson of Britain's The Guardian talks about the pluses and minuses of seeing his work distributed globally.

Wadah Khanfar, al-Jazeera's director general, has travelled to London. He wants to see the memo that claims U.S. President George W. Bush raised the possibility of bombing the Doha, Qatar headquarters of the Arab satellite TV news network during an April 2004 meeting with British PM Tony Blair.

If you don't want to break BBC impartiality rules, don't admit in your news report you started crying when you saw a world leader was apparently in the end game of his life.

Toronto news junkies who like their fix served on newsprint are in for a treat. The NYT will be printed at the same Mississauga plant as The Globe and Mail, meaning it will be available in T.O. first thing in the morning.

Last week, the U.S. Senate shot down a motion proposing to congratulate Bruce Springsteen on the 30th anniversary of his Born to Run album, one of the great records of the 1970s or rock history, for that matter.

It's really no suprise why.

It's nice to know that even Richard Nixon and Henry Kissingers, otherwise fairly amoral practitioners of realpolitik, were queasy about the thought of all-out nuclear war.

The Toronto Star reported today that Lord Black of Attica, er Crossharbour, wants back the Canadian citizenship he renounced in order to become a British lord.

One advantage of Canadian citizenship is if you're convicted of corporate fraud in, say, the U.S., you can serve it here -- something you can't do if you're a Brit.

I guess one has to make plans in case the unthinkable happens and an innocent man is convicted.

The New York Observer blurb: Where Was the Media Between Invasion and Murtha? Networks Gave Vietnam War Twice the Minutes Iraq Gets; Baghdad Bureaus Cut Back; Amanpour: ‘Patronizing’

The musicians who made up New Orleans' unique musical culture are scattered to the four winds, with no place to live and no place to play. Lovers of Nawlins music wonder if they'll ever make it home -- and what will happen if they don't.

Lara Logan, a swimsuit model in her native South Africa, will become CBS News's leading foreign correspondent. While people have muttered about her looks, Logan has also proven her courage in the field.

Artists from filmmakers to rappers warned of a coming storm among the neglected people of the banlieues, but French politicians apparently don't go to movies or listen to rap.

Update: A French MP has accused French rappers of inciting the violence, according to this BBC story.

Lord Black of Crossharbour, the self-described Darwinian capitalist, predicted complete vindication of himself when his corporate fraud case is eventually heard.

A brave declaration, and who knows, maybe he'll ultimately be proved right. But the ball hasn't exactly been bouncing Conrad's way lately. And with David Radler, his right-hand henchman pleading guilty, well ... .

Here's the CTV.ca story.