Perhaps I ought to have a department of “What, if anything, are we to make of this?”<\/p>\n
The Economist<\/i>‘s pitch for gift subscriptions has the headline “Now they’ll know who’s been naughty and who’s been nice,” over a row of five headshots. Before the election the five faces were Tony Blair, the Dalai Lama, George “W” Bush, Sir Richard Branson and Kim Jong-il. Now they are Prince William of Wales, Osama bin Laden, [someone I can’t place: possibly an Israeli politician], Mel Gibson and Hillary Rodham Clinton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Perhaps I ought to have a department of “What, if anything, are we to make of this?” The Economist‘s pitch for gift subscriptions has the headline “Now they’ll know who’s been naughty and who’s been nice,” over a row of … Continue reading