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The personal blog of P. Kerim Friedman.

Hothead

A lot of democrats seem quite enamored of General Clark. Personally, I am not so sure. While I’m no fan of Dean either, I feel even more uncomfortable with a general as president. Maybe because it reminds me of other presidents who bore that title: General Musharraf, General Pinochet, General Idi Amin Dada … I [...]

Manifesto

I’m a big fan of manifestos, so I was very pleased to see languagehat had translated the Dada Manifesto. Here is a sample: Which is to say: the hospitality of the Swiss is to be valued above all things, and in aesthetics what matters is the norm. For a list of other great manifestos, see [...]

Anonymity

On the one hand … our government is funding the internet service Anonymizer.com to protect Iranians from the prying eyes of their government. On the other hand … our government is seeking the “ability to subpoena consumer data from a business” and other violations of the privacy of US citizens in the VICTORY act.