Things I've written

Some writing - more here for quick reference than because I think anybody should read it.
Things below here you probably don't want to read, unless you're me. They're old, incomplete or flimsy, and they're only here because I don't have anywhere better to put them.

Short Posts

Americans' opinions veer toward the liberal as they grow older. Not clear from the article whether they mean socially, economically, or both.

The Telegraph writes on bloggers in Iran - but both its examples are blogging in English. Great research, guys.

These uprising-day protests in Tibet: they don't happen on this scale every year, right? It's because of the Olympics? And there's almost no chance of them achieving anything beyond upping international outrage and pissing off the Chinese?

Russia has allowed the extradition of a mercenary to Colombia. Between this and Bout, it seems the US have decided to apply the thumbscrews.

Death of grass: a major wheat disease, on top of the current grain crisis.

In the US, more federal disasters are declared in election years. Disasters make presidents look tough, and provide plenty of pork.

guide to some Chinese policy wonks

Ah, bitching about the British media. Richly deserved

'In the 1960-1980 most social science departments offered a course on “Revolutions.”' (from ICGA, but mainly just interesting by itself. I love nuggets of institutional history like this.

New Yorker profile of Benazir Bhuttor, from 1993.

It'd take a lot to make me defend scientology - but German attempts to ban it just might.

Lessig's corruption research - page on his wiki

A REPL loop for C

Nice explanation of type systems in programming languages

After Our Time: discussion of 'in our time'

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