Blog posts in October 2007

Arbitrary power of the state

[US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice] met human rights activists and said she wanted to help them build institutions to protect people from the “arbitrary power of the state”… wait for it… in Russia.

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Amusing Esquire opinion piece on the anti-knowledge movement

I'm not sure which bit of this Esquire opinion piece I like most, but maybe this fantastic 2005 quote: “We've been attacked,” [says pastor Ray Mummert], “by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture.”

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