Quickstops (Nov 24, 2005)

- Mentioned in Andy Ho's ST (Nov 25) op-ed about criminal justice in Singapore: Cheng Tai Heng, The Central Case Approach to Human Rights: Its Universal Application and the Singapore Example. Ho quoted some from the article; but what he didn't quote is just as interesting, if not more so. | update: noself reminds me that Michael Hor's paper (linked earlier is also relevant (he has more on the Ho-Cheng-Hor nexus). | update: Wannabe Lawyer has a detailed critique of Andy Ho, who is turning out to be everybody's favorite columnist...

- Nguyen. The view from Australians--to be more precise, the readers of news.com.au. Meanwhile, some unpopular opinion from James Morrow, editor of Investigate magazine. Elsewhere, the lawyer of another foreigner who did managed to escape the gallows has some words. |update: Guofeng forwards more unpopular opinions, one dated 18 Nov, and a couple from 23 Nov; this one 26 Nov is not so much 'unpopular' as just sober.

- Max Boot: "when it comes to the future of Iraq, there is a deep disconnect between those who have firsthand knowledge of the situation — Iraqis and U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq — and those whose impressions are shaped by doomsday press coverage and the imperatives of domestic politics."

- The drive for "green energy" in the developed world is having the perverse effect of encouraging the destruction of tropical rainforests. How's that for "unintended consequences"?