December 2011
24 posts
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Dec 30th
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“We are the most dialectical of cities, a place of wrestling and opposite forces....”
– Delia Falconer, “Sydney”, p.10
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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“Ask anyone who lives in a large city to describe ‘their’ town and it...”
– Delia Falconer, “Sydney”, p.9
Dec 28th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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My 2011 Hottest 100 votes
I voted for: M83 - Midnight City Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis {Ft. Otis Redding} TV On The Radio - Second Song Radiohead - Lotus Flower Feist - Graveyard Bon Iver - Holocene Feist - How Come You Never Go There Feist - The Circle Married The Line Feist - A Commotion TV On The Radio - Caffeinated Consciousness Who did you vote for?
Dec 23rd
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“Even the justification of private property and competitive markets presupposes...”
– Elizabeth Anderson, “Social Democracy and Freedom”
Dec 21st
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Quick link: Sprouts of Democracy in Chinese... →
A fascinating essay looking at democratic tendencies within Chinese history and tradition. The discussion about practical liberties as opposed to political liberties are particularly relevant in China today.
Dec 21st
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Dec 17th
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Crowded House (9) Manu Chao (6) Decoder Ring (4) Arcade Fire (3) Aṣa (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 13th
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Dec 9th
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“It is very easy to sit down and think that mobile phones or Twitter have...”
– Joshua Cohen
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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“Human rights can never be at the mercy of individual opinion or individual...”
– Senator John Faulkner
Dec 2nd
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“For true social democrats, efficiency may be an important criterion for judging...”
– Sheri Berman, The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s 20th Century, p.211
Dec 2nd
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“As leftist parties reorientated themselves toward gaining political support and...”
– Sheri Berman, The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s 20th Century, p.188
Dec 1st
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November 2011
23 posts
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“Social democracy, at least as originally envisioned, was based on the view that...”
– Sheri Berman, The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s 20th Century, p.217
Nov 30th
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