20 Feb
There are two reports on Drudge today about the use of CCTV. One is a story about how Mayor Daley is boasting that by 2016 there will be a surveillance camera on every street corner in Chicago. The other is a story about how the Brits, already the most surveillance-happy government in the world, are […]
Posted in Current Events, Modern Culture by: Martin Hale
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09 Feb
With his first big prime-time press event looming, the pundits are all atwitter about “First African-American…” Can we all just get over that tired meme? Please? In the big sense, racism is largely a non-starter. Except for the institutionalised racism of Affirmative Action, there just isn’t much formal racism in America. But there are racist […]
Posted in Current Events, Modern Culture, Politics by: Martin Hale
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06 Feb
Sorry for the absence from the ‘airwaves’. I’ve spent the past week in the Alaskan bush on a consulting engagement. The very frozen north. Minus 30 to 50; high winds; blowing snow and lots of dark. The worst part was the trip back - 36 hours of airplanes and airports, none of which are particularly […]
Posted in Personal by: Martin Hale
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