November 2005
January 2005
Worse Than Fiction: Read it and weep (or laugh)
by mikepowerI've been thinking of writing a political novel. It will be a bad novel because there won't be any nuance: the villains won't just espouse an ideology I disagree with - they'll be hypocrites, cranks and scoundrels.
December 2004
USS Clueless The best of Den Beste
by mikepowerLinks to blog entries by Den Beste that he considers are among the best or most important he has written
November 2004
Index of political blogs
by mikepower & 1 otherHere is an index to a selection of the most visible politically-oriented blogs.
The 'blog' revolution sweeps across China
by mikepowerEver since the Communist party took power in 1949, the Chinese media has been tightly controlled by the government. Online publishing is a real threat to that control, and the government is clearly worried. A crackdown in 2003 closed websites and internet
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