UncategorizedA terrible personal setback!FT’s Christopher Caldwell thoroughly exposes one of my favourite rhetorical/opinion-writing stunts and does it to death: On and on...
UncategorizedThey say the good news never gets reportedArms Control Wonk presents a table of worldwide nuclear tests by decade . 1980s total: 439. 1990s total: 64 (or so). Final grand...
UncategorizedHow about "Somewhat benign, but sort of an a-hole"?Historian Michael Behiels commences his Citizen op-ed on the present constitutional emergency by describing the prime minister as...
UncategorizedWe keep you alive—for nowThe terror attack on Northwest 253: another blow to the "Poverty is the root cause of terrorism" crowd —not that it will shut...
UncategorizedAnd another one on responsible communicationQ: Is Jeffrey Dvorkin’s analysis of the new defamation-law scene the product of expired eggnog ? His piece entitled "Libel law...
UncategorizedThe year Amazon.com replaced SantaThis Guardian story about holiday shopping leaves the slightly unsettling impression that "Boxing Day", for the purposes of...
UncategorizedHow the devil does businessAs the content of the Supreme Court’s "responsible communication" ruling propagates , I am seeing and hearing a lot of despairing...
UncategorizedAn irresponsibly quick reaction to "responsible communication"Don’t expect much from your journalism elite today, citizens: we’ll be busy celebrating our early Christmas gift from the Supreme...
Uncategorized"We’re going to out-Klingon Klingon!"A strong late entry in the "significant word of 2009" sweepstakes would be the noun and verb "conlang". A conlang is any...
Uncategorized"Almost as lucky as Obama"Turns out the U.S. President’s Nobel prize wasn’t the only one to generate controversy this year . Nerd-grade coverage of the...