http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/ en Copyright 2008 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:05:30 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hobsbawm: America should be more like the British Empire. [OK, it's a bit more nuanced than that]

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/11/hobsbawm_america_should_be_mor.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/11/hobsbawm_america_should_be_mor.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:05:30 +0000 When Laurie's good, she's very good indeed.

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/11/when_lauries_good_shes_very.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/11/when_lauries_good_shes_very.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:28:06 +0000 China is building the prototype for a high-tech police state. It is ready for export. Naomi Klein on top form

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/09/china_is_building_the_prototyp.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/09/china_is_building_the_prototyp.html World Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:48:42 +0000 "[Bulgarian President] Georgi Parvanov Bulgaria: worked [for the secret police] under the code name Gotse". snigger

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/bulgarian_president_georgi_par.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/bulgarian_president_georgi_par.html Frivolous humour Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:44:25 +0000 Russia has 119,000 (dollar) millionnaires? Ick.

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]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/americans_opinions_veer_toward.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/americans_opinions_veer_toward.html US Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:20:31 +0000 The Telegraph writes on bloggers in Iran - but both its examples are blogging in English. Great research, guys.

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/the_telegraph_writes_on_blogge.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/the_telegraph_writes_on_blogge.html World Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:50:08 +0000 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?

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/these_uprisingday_protestshttp.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/these_uprisingday_protestshttp.html World Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:41:31 +0000 Russia has allowed the extradition of a mercenary to Colombia. Between this and Bout, it seems the US have decided to apply the thumbscrews.

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/russia_has_allowed_the_extradi.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/russia_has_allowed_the_extradi.html World Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:27:40 +0000 Death of grass: a major wheat disease, on top of the current grain crisis.

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/death_of_grass_a_major.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/death_of_grass_a_major.html World Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:23:59 +0000 In the US, more federal disasters are declared in election years. Disasters make presidents look tough, and provide plenty of pork.

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/in_the_us_more_federal.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/in_the_us_more_federal.html politics Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:48:58 +0000 guide to some Chinese policy wonks

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/guide_to_some_chinese_policy.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/guide_to_some_chinese_policy.html World Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:44:14 +0000 Ah, bitching about the British media. Richly deserved

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/ah_bitching_about_the_british.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/03/ah_bitching_about_the_british.html UK Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:53:21 +0000 '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.

]]> http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/02/in_the_19601980_most_social.html http://www.ohuiginn.net/sideblog/2008/02/in_the_19601980_most_social.html politics Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:41:12 +0000 New Yorker profile of Benazir Bhuttor, from 1993.

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