Australia’s information deficit

Technically a hodge-podge of flash maps, tabular data and impenetrable html forms; an apparent salad of underlying data-structures; inconsistent representation, no apparent attempt at government-wide meta-data; many of the reports were the result of a single survey rather than an historical collection. I found few data archives and predominantly technical rather than policy-oriented data. Why aren't…

Life in rural China

Risk and liberty

The conflict between individualism, liberty, and power has a long history, of course. FreedomFromBlog briefly and brilliantly discusses these same antecedents in the context of this week's Obama/Cheney 'debate' on Guantanamo and torture.

How the deal was done

A call for evidence-based policy