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• 11 Prurience, the Media and the Soham Murders

  Reflections on that dark hunger for news stories of sexual violence and sex crimes, especially involving minors or young girls.

  Opinion in Politics — by Chromatius — on Feb 04, 2006

• 10 You're Part of the Collective Now

  A couple of comments on politics and eusociality inspired by reading Stephen Baxter's Coalescent.

  Opinion in Books — by Chromatius — on Feb 03, 2006

• 9 Repetition, Bricolage, and Blogging in the Information Age

  How the ability to record broadcast media has changed our relationship to knowledge and the world.

  Opinion in Culture — by Chromatius — on Feb 03, 2006

• 8 The Muslim Cartoon "Controversy"

  Why have they picked this moment to anger millions of Muslims in the name of "freedom of speech"?

  Opinion in Politics — by Chromatius — on Feb 03, 2006

• 7 Narnia and Christian Propaganda

  Opportunist proselytising undermines the Narnia stories' usefulness as propaganda.

  Opinion in Books — by Chromatius — on Dec 10, 2005

• 6 "Black Smokers"

  Black smokers, those strange lightless ecosystems, are a pretty good metaphor for our 'western' consumer capitalist societies...

  Opinion in Politics — by Chromatius — on Nov 09, 2005

• 5 The Compulsion to Witness

  Opinion in Politics — by Chromatius — on Nov 09, 2005

• 4 Bush & Blair: The Deceptive Allure Of Schadenfreude

  We're at a moment where politicians' credibility falls away and it's possible to feel that some progress is being made...

  Opinion in Politics — by Chromatius — on Nov 06, 2005

• 3 Stolen Futures

  One of the standard tropes of modern political propaganda is the 'what would have happened' line.

  Opinion in Politics — by Chromatius — on Nov 06, 2005

• 2 From Blair, A Brief Lesson In Political Rhetoric

  Security forces may have thwarted two further attacks - note that 'may'. Well, they may have done anything, or nothing.

  Opinion in Politics — by Chromatius — on Nov 06, 2005