Monday, October 03, 2005

Quickstops (Oct 2, 2005)

- Three of the four protesters at the CPF Building filed a motion in the High Court against the Home Affairs Minister and Commissioner of Police (analysis by Mr. Wang).

- The Philippines decommissions the last of its 40-year-old F-5 fighter jets, leaving the country without any aerial defence aircraft (AFP via Militarynuts.com).

- On how the politicians and media combined to create a disastrous coverage of Katrina (The San Diego Union-Tribune).

- The ideal place to be writing about imperial Rome is in New York (Village Voice).

- A freakonomical style solution to the management of doggy-poo (NYTimes).

- Interesting read recommended by a reader: on the emotional dog and its rational tail--an interview with Social and moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt (The Believer); the more technical paper is also available from his own website (.pdf).

- On the growing bond between the US and Iraqi soldiers and the sports competitions that are adding to it (NYTimes).

- A blast from the past (2004): The USS Clueless answers a letter from Singapore; contains much that is relevant to more recent events.

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