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Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Religion & the Politics of Religion

This is a NEW list selected from this Category: Religion & Politics of Religion (131). Books rated at 6 Stars are in bold. Guest Reviews Review (Guest): Animal Farm–An American Story (George Orwell) Review (Guest): A Tactical Ethic–Moral Conduct in the Insurgent Battlespace (Dick Couch) Review (Guest): Buddhism without Beliefs (Craig K. Comstock) Review (Guest): …

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Ted Shulman: When using open source makes you an enemy of the state

When using open source makes you an enemy of the state The US copyright lobby has long argued against open source software – now Indonesia’s in the firing line for encouraging the idea in government departments Bobbie Johnson The Guardian, 23 February 2010 It’s only Tuesday and already it’s been an interesting week for the …

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Stephen E. Arnold: Open Source Management – A Work in Progress

Open Source Management: A Work in Progress I have attended a couple of “open source” events over the year. Most of the attendees are male, serious, bright, and similar to the fellows in my advanced high school math class and our math club. The few women present were notable because there were so darned few …

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David Swanson: Do We Blame Sociopaths — or a Society Become Pathologically Dysfunctional?

Can We Really Blame Sociopaths? I’ve been hearing increasingly from multiple quarters that the root of our problems is psychopaths and sociopaths and other loosely defined but definitely different beings from ourselves.  Rob Kall has produced a quite interesting series of articles and interviews on the subject. I want to offer some words of caution …

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Berto Jongman: Enemies of the Internet

A Short Guide to the Internet’s Biggest Enemies Electronic Frontier Foundation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its annual “Enemies of the Internet” index this week—a ranking first launched in 2006 intended to track countries that repress online speech, intimidate and arrest bloggers, and conduct surveillance of their citizens.  Some countries have been mainstays on the …

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