Wikipedia has an up-to-date overview of the whole brouhaha over the Muhammed cartoons. What many seem to be missing is this: The problem is not Islaam, the problem is fundamentalism. There are fundamentalist moslems, yes, but also fundamentalist christians, jews, hindus, anti-homosexuals, conservatives, communists, etc... And while fundamentalism seems to be on the rise these … Continue Reading ››

Richard Layard is the author of the excellent book Happiness, in which he argues, that most countries today overfcous on economic issues, and that it would be better to focus on what makes people happy. And what makes us happy is not increased spending but rather simple things like famliy, friends, health and values. Continue Reading ››

There're municipal elections going on all over Denmark next week, and consequently there are election posters everywhere. I don't think anybody imagines that those posters will actually sway a single voter, but everybody else uses them, so we'd better too...

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As usual, Bruce Schneier is a voice of sanity and reason in matters of security. Read his take on random bag searches on the NY subway and racial profiling in security checks. He basically believes that neither will increase security noticeably. This quote had me nodding agreement:

If we are going to increase … Continue Reading ››