Marc | July 17, 2009
The folks at SWJ have been talking about this for a while, and now the preliminary announcement has come out. This is a great opportunity for people to put together 3,000 – 5,000 words on one or both of the topics. The prizes are not shabby either: US $3,000 for the winner in each category [...]
Marc | July 15, 2009
If there is one thing bureaucracies, as collectives, cannot stand, it is the free flow of information. This observation was just reinforced when I got an email from a friend who told me that his organization just blocked out a site I had built for him because the host (sites.google) had too many phishing sites.
Marc | July 10, 2009
Q: Since when are university regents “administrative officials performing functions analogous to those of judges and prosecutors” (quoted here)? A: Since July 7th, 2009.
Marc | July 2, 2009
This past week has seen some significant changes in Honduras, with nearly universal claims that a military coup has taken place ousting (now ex-) President Zelaya.
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