Both his music and his thoughts on the digital age.
I don’t require musicians I like to be rational, sane, compassionate, intelligent, thought provoking and in general good people. But it’s awfully nice when one of them turns out to be so. The superb singer/songwriter Richard Shindell has some thoughts here and more here on being an artist in the age of illegal downloading. He speaks sense. Read more »
Funny post at Catallaxy about the perils of teacakes and the British VAT (BTW am I the only one who finds it mildly ironic that Catallaxy is one of the few sites where you have to register before you can comment? I refuse to have my liberty restricted in this abominable fashion). Read more »
Iraq’s former deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz, has faced court on charges of genocide.
An Austrian dad has been arrested and charged with keeping his own daughter in the cellar for twenty-four years and repeatedly raping her, fathering seven children, three of whom were also incarcerated.
The controversy continues over John Yoo and his involvement in torture at Guantanamo. Read more »
By The Editor
I’ve got to hand it to Andrew. Only he can take the most random topic — say, a foreign reality television program about cooking — and use it to make an argument about Australian politics — say, the much maligned and thoroughly rejected Liberal Party WorkChoices policy. Read more »
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