"War is Father to All Things"
A number of issues – the situation in Northern Ireland, the Palestinian intifada, anarchism and most prominently the Negri/Windschuttle affair – have prompted some recent discussion and reflection in the blogosphere on the question of violence and politics. I’ve probably [...]
All Things in Moderation
Nic White asked on an earlier thread where moderate Christian voices were in the face of attacks on pluralism in the name of theocracy. The answer is — at The Boston Review: African-American Christianity has continuously confronted the nation with [...]
Puzzling New Evidence
On my earlier post on Terri Schiavo, I responded to claims made about the beliefs of Michael Schiavo’s lawyers. It turns out that Schindler family spokesperson Randall Terry also has some interesting beliefs: Terry’s words and personal life have also [...]
Self-Censorship, Right Wing PC and Conspicuous Indignation in Academe
More on the Negri affair – it now seems, according to Well Futile, that the Director of Sydney University’s RIHSS, Dr Philip Jones, cancelled the Negri Conference in response to Windschuttle and Devine’s criticism. In my first post on the [...]
We Shall Overcome
While I’ve been sick this week, I’ve taken the chance to do some recreational reading, although it also builds on some ideas I’m developing in my thesis. I’ve been rereading Robert A. Caro’s Master of the Senate: The Years of [...]
A Letter from Toni Negri
I’ve posted on two occasions about Keith Windschuttle’s allegations about Antonio Negri. Negri wrote to The Australian rebutting Windschuttle’s column, but the editors have not yet published his piece. You can now read Toni Negri’s letter here, courtesy of my [...]
Farewell, Civility, I loved thee well once….
Or why debates at Troppo Armadillo are rarely worth participating in these days….. Elsewhere: Jason Soon has a nuanced and judicious post on anarchism over at Catallaxy.
Dooh Wop, Dooh Wah…
I had such a nice time at Rics tonight at the Tuesday night Jazz session I thought I’d repost this piece from Troppo: Feeling generally overtired, a bit ill, and reeling from all sorts of things that are stressing me, [...]
Cherishing Small Moments
One of the nice things about having your own blog is that you get to see who links to you. I’ve just been to Knotted Paths. Haven’t had a time for a good look, but Russell has great music taste [...]
Alternate Uses for Crayons
Stuck for something to blog about? Georg over at Stack has discovered blogideas. As she observes, most of the post topic suggestions are lame. But we both seem to like “alternate uses for crayons”. So here’s the first LP Contest. [...]
The Golden Thread…
One of the most telling criticisms of Blair’s New Labour government (and of other Third Way-esque politicians and parties) is its more than latent authoritarianism. Rarely is this discussed within its structural context (though there’s plenty of discussion of liberalism [...]
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