by John Holbo on February 21, 2008
Just to be clear: I have the highest respect for Brian Leiter’s scholarship and have personally ordered a copy. That said – and while we are on the subject of strange covers showing up on Amazon – there is a problem. I can’t help but feel Routledge must be somehow responsible.
Let’s assume for the sake of argument that we witness the first stage of the process here [Powell’s Books]:
At this point, someone leaned over someone’s shoulder: ‘Dude, it should have, like, an S in it.’
Thus, the happy final product displayed on the Amazon page
My colleage, Axel G., noticed it. (Don’t know whether he cares for getting credit, but now he has it.)
by Chris Bertram on February 21, 2008
Martin O’Neill has “an interesting review”:http://www.newstatesman.com/200802210046 of a new book about Starbucks.
bq. In the centre of Xi’an, the ancient Chinese capital, there is a gleaming concrete and glass Starbucks. Although a caramel macchiato costs more than a slap-up lunch for four in any of the city’s traditional cafes, this has not stopped it from doing brisk business.
Read the whole thing, as they say.
by John Q on February 21, 2008
Most long-lived dictatorships have at least some positive achievements, and, the world being what it is, most dictators have some unattractive enemies. These facts have generated a couple of marathon threads here, following Chris post’ on Castro and mine on Suharto** , not to mention vast numbers on Saddam. Then there’s Algeria and Pakistan, where dictatorial governments have had plenty of fans.
What are the implications of these facts, both for the policies we should support and for the moral judgements we should offer? I have a couple of fairly obvious points to make about policy, and some less clear thoughts about moral judgements.
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