Hey folks: I'm on holidays for a week and don't anticipate doing any posting in that time. I suspect I'll be back behind the keyboard on Oct. 4.

And unlike bloggers who just say they've gone fishing, I may actually do some fishing.

A Spanish terror trial has sent a Syrian man to jail for helping al Qaeda organize the 9/11 attack -- but it also jailed an al-Jazeera journalist for seven years.

Not too small, not too big, appears to have been the guiding principle behind a redesign of The Guardian.

The financial success of March of the Penguins is helping create a brighter future for documentary filmmakers.

Iraqi stringers have been doing most of the dirty, dangerous work for the Western media, and more and more of them are being accused of being collaborators with the insurgents.

Apparently some U.S. social conservatives love the March of the Penguins because it promotes family values.

I don't think so.

This film by Korean director Chan-Wook Park is bleak, violent, compelling and damned near unforgettable.