December 18th, 2009 | Filed under:
News,
The Written World
Amongst a few things, 2009 for me will be the year of the lists. Becoming familiar with any community of interest requires information, and the best way to “inscribe oneself” into a narrative is first of all through the opinion of others. Over time we can question those bias and change ourselves, but [...]
December 2nd, 2009 | Filed under:
News
It’s difficult to find anything humorous or ironic in Switzerland’s decision to change their constitution to ban the construction of new minarets in any of their cantons. Crooked Timber has an intelligent insight. But overall it’s an appalling and worrying precedent. It’s targeted discrimination against a religious minority. As Doug Saunders in [...]
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