Monthly Archives: July 2008

An allegorical photograph.

Rick Hills: … I stand with George Orwell who spent the 1930s and 1940s denouncing the obscurity of intellectuals’ prose as a cloak for tyranny (and, incidentally, who was also accused of being an anti-intellectual). Intellectuals spray polysyllables like squid … Continue reading →

More robust common sense here, from the organisation that once slow-handclapped Blair: So what, precisely were these Hampshire grandmothers doing, weighing up the pros and cons of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch? The ranch was one of a number of brothels … Continue reading →

What would you do?

I’m pretty unsympathetic to anonymous blogging, but there are cases where it’s clearly necessary, such as for public employees. Presumably, the MPD suspect inside involvement: The city of Memphis, along with Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin, have subpoenaed AOL to … Continue reading →

Claims the NY Times… in 1969. And in 1922.

In a very good post about workfare – one that if read without knees jerking contains much that Classical Liberals would agree with – Shuggy says the following: … David Cameron can smoke weed and snort coke and all that … Continue reading →

Picking up on an idea by Tim Worstall, I put a quick javascript widget together yesterday to show the amount spent by the US government on its stupid War Against Drugs since the start of this year. You can see … Continue reading →

SQL injection is one of the most common types of security problem with database-backed websites. I’m going to give a brief and slightly simplified technical description for those who don’t know what it is, because that’s the only way I … Continue reading →

I haven’t seen this picked up much yet by blogs, but it deserves wide coverage: Twickenham Stadium will be hosting a challenge rugby union match featuring rugby stars from around the world aimed at raising over £1m for the Joint … Continue reading →