— John Lanchester, writing on the Eurozone crisis for the London Review of Books.
A seminal speech by Eisenhower, from 1953. We need more of this kind of sentiment today, to remind us that we a social beings who can control our own destiny.
— Allan Savory, pioneer of Holistic Management.
“The presence of the army in the streets is for your sake and to ensure your safety and wellbeing. The armed forces will not resort to use of force against our great people,” the army statement said. “Your armed forces, who are aware of the legitimacy of your demands and are keen to assume their responsibility in protecting the nation and the citizens, affirms that freedom of expression through peaceful means is guaranteed to everybody.” —Ismail Etman, an Egyptian Army spokesperson, quoted by Reuters/The Guardian.
(Source: Guardian)
— David Cay Johnston, writing for the Nieman Foundation in a fairly hard critique of modern news “reporting”.
— PK. Infinite sadness, Obama.
I am absolutely loving this blog: with the caveat that it is highly technical. I no longer remember how I arrived at it, but it’s awesome. Dig “Evolvability, Robustness, and Resilience” and the recent series on crony capitalism (which is a good fit for where the US’ macro-economy is at right now).
— Ian Dunt, at politics.co.uk, railing about “journalists” who tow the government’s line on Wikileaks.
(Source: politics.co.uk)
— Robert Graham’s testimony. These people believe themselves to be operating in an extra-legal, extra-constitutional zone, and need to be stopped. My own story later.
