Islam, rioting, and Danish cartoons
Posted: February 8, 2006 Filed under: Centroids Comments Off on Islam, rioting, and Danish cartoonsLike much of the blogosphere, we’ve been having a spirited discussion of the significance of the rioting, sweeping the Middle East in response to some provocative cartoons in European newspapers, and what should/could be done about it. Here’s a few of the threads:
Let us know what you think.
Pundita’s Parting Shots on Democracy
Posted: November 11, 2005 Filed under: Governance Reform Comments Off on Pundita’s Parting Shots on DemocracyMy friend, foreign policy blogger Pundita, is
hanging up her keyboard. 😦 Well, maybe not
complete retirement, but certainly moving away from a daily format, for reasons
I completely understand.
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Billy Rojas: The Politically Incorrect Martin Luther King
Posted: November 7, 2005 Filed under: Centroids Comments Off on Billy Rojas: The Politically Incorrect Martin Luther KingOur resident historian Billy Rojas just published
a two-part series on the ideology, theology, and political orientation of Martin
Luther King, Jr. Read the rest of this entry »
Pundita on “Glopism” – a new form of Anti-Government
Posted: October 24, 2005 Filed under: Governance Reform Comments Off on Pundita on “Glopism” – a new form of Anti-GovernmentMy friend Pundita had a delightful film-noir take on Chinese politics, apparently
in homage to the old radio drama “Broadway’s my beat.” Read the rest of this entry »
Pundita on the need to Re-Invent Socialism
Posted: October 3, 2005 Filed under: Governance Reform Comments Off on Pundita on the need to Re-Invent SocialismWhile Centroids is busy Re-Inventing Capitalism, Pundita posts a
scatching critique of European socialism. Read the rest of this entry »
Katrina versus Libertarians
Posted: October 2, 2005 Filed under: Centroids Comments Off on Katrina versus LibertariansLike much of the blogosphere, Centroids has been
discussing the fallout from Katrina and what it tells us about
both government and Libertarian philosophy — specifically, the
limits of both. Read the rest of this entry »
The Politics of Legitimate Governance
Posted: October 1, 2005 Filed under: Governance Reform Comments Off on The Politics of Legitimate GovernanceInitiative.
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Mandatory Private Health Insurance
Posted: October 1, 2005 Filed under: Governance Reform Comments Off on Mandatory Private Health InsuranceA friend at work was proposing something along these lines, so I collected these articles to give him some context. Read the rest of this entry »
“Moderate” Hopes for Rational Response to Katrina
Posted: September 30, 2005 Filed under: Governance Reform Comments Off on “Moderate” Hopes for Rational Response to KatrinaWhile its hard not to be cynical about
politicians, even on a Friday, I did see two articles today that gave me some
amount of hope…
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Rationalizing Civil Servant Incentives
Posted: September 28, 2005 Filed under: Governance Reform Comments Off on Rationalizing Civil Servant IncentivesIn the wake of the Katrina blame-game, my first
thought about the root of the problem is the culture of risk-aversion inherent
in bureaucracy. Given that we do need lots of people to tackle big problems, is
there any way to organize them to be more responsive and accountable — without
the discipline of the military or the customer pressures of
corporations? Read the rest of this entry »
Radical Centrism 