Constraining iCalifornia

I don’t know exactly what a redesigned iCalifornia will look like, but I do know some of the attributes such a design must have: Read the rest of this entry »

Madeleine Albright, on Democracy

Pundita’s Parting Shots on Democracy

My 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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Pundita on “Glopism” – a new form of Anti-Government

My 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

While Centroids is busy Re-Inventing Capitalism, Pundita posts a
scatching critique of European socialism. Read the rest of this entry »

The Politics of Legitimate Governance

Mandatory Private Health Insurance

A 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

While 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

In 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 »