What’s Wrong with this Chart?
The BBC story on “Suicide Bombs Cause Iraq Carnage” is remarkable, not merely for not identifying the bombers as “insurgents” or “terrorists,” but for the chart above, which aggregates into…
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So-Do-My Friends and Neighbors
Waiting for a Viable Policy…. Paul Varnell, the independent philosopher, columnist, and all round smart guy, has a very interesting essay on “Sodomy and the Military” over at the Independent…
The Bloodsuckers….
Davids Medienkritik has a fine exposÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?© of anti-Americanism in Germany and its remarkable similarities with an earlier form of scapegoating in Germany. It does seem to be a trend. As…
When Justice and Law Diverge
Following the seminar on popular justice in which I had the pleasure to take part, I’m strongly recommending to the participants (and to anyone else interested in issues of justice…
“What Do the Insurgents Want?”
A most insightful essay in today’s Outlook section of the Washington Post by Hiwa Osman on “What Do the Insurgents Want? Different Visions, Same Bloody Tactics” (requires simple registration). Osman…
“What Do the Insurgents Want?”
A most insightful essay in today’s Outlook section of the Washington Post by Hiwa Osman on “What Do the Insurgents Want? Different Visions, Same Bloody Tactics” (requires simple registration). Osman…
“What Do the Insurgents Want?”
A most insightful essay in today’s Outlook section of the Washington Post by Hiwa Osman on “What Do the Insurgents Want? Different Visions, Same Bloody Tactics” (requires simple registration). Osman…
“What Do the Insurgents Want?”
A most insightful essay in today’s Outlook section of the Washington Post by Hiwa Osman on “What Do the Insurgents Want? Different Visions, Same Bloody Tactics” (requires simple registration). Osman…
A Test Case for Popular Justice
At the conference I’m attending, we’re looking at historical cases (and fictional ones, relying on the excellent western films “The Ox-Bow Incident” and “Unforgiven”) of when the state has failed…