Archive for June 28th, 2006
Democracy in chains
Excellent article/editorial from the Guardian. Why do we have to go overseas to get decent (vs. superficially balanced and disemboweled) electoral coverage?
Comment is free: Democracy in chains
I think that’s enough politics for today.
Political Compass
Political Compass
If you haven’t tried it, it’s worth 10 minutes of your time. My score was -6.13, -4.05, which was like a lot of people reading Digg, around where Ghandi or Mandela would be–not that this means much for my non-career in politics.
It does mean a lot, however, for the end of a two party [...]
To Cure or Not to Cure
Following a lengthy and interesting exchange on my previous post (Brownian Emotion » But What About the Jews? see comments), I think it’s worthwhile revisiting the issue.
Background: The question came up after I’d rather callously used the word "autistic" in a semi-humorous post–of all the things that could be offensive about that post, this one [...]
The Tollbooth
What is the death toll from 9/11?
According to Wikipedia:
…at least 2986 people killed: 265 on the four planes, 2595 in New York City in the towers and on the ground (including 343 New York City Fire Department firefighters, 23 New York City Police Department officers, and 37 Port Authority police officers), and 125 civilian [...]