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Andrew Potter

General

The information panopticon, Norway edition

This can’t be a good idea: Norway puts everyone’s tax returns online, for all to peruse.

Words, words, words

UPDATED: John Ralston Saul is the new head of PEN International **** As usual, I have far more books sitting unread than...

Fatherly Advice

According to Valerie Bertinell , before Eddie Van Halen took their son Wolfgang out on tour, he did his best Polonius-to-Laertes...

Truth in announcements

UPDATE: Colby Cosh has an even better idea -- just ban the stupid cheques in the first place. Hard to see anything wrong with...

Three Things

1. I saw Dead Snow last night. Hard to resist a movie about Norwegian med students getting hunted by Nazi zombies. It was ok, but...