Dahlia Lithwick | Slate | 28 March 2012 Commentary on day one of case seeking overturn of Obama healthcare reform. "The fight is about freedom. This morning we got a window into the freedom some of the justices long for. And it is a dark, dark place" Comments Ron Rosenbaum | Smithsonian | 22 March 2012 Interview with Richard Clarke, counter-terrorism chief under three American presidents, now private security consultant. "Pretty clear" that America launched Stuxnet virus against Iranian nuclear programme—with Israeli help Comments Leslie Chang | New Yorker | 26 March 2012 The dominant narrative in the Western media about Chinese factories is that conditions are oppressive and our demand for cheap goods makes them so. But, says Chang, there are other ways of looking at the situation Comments Iskra Fileva | NYT | 25 March 2012 Why do we assume people's characters are unified, that their behaviour in one context will relate to their behaviour in another? Some philosophers are prepared to deny the very existence of character traits. But are they right? Comments Tim Kelly & Reiji Murai | Reuters | 26 March 2012 "When Hirai becomes Sony's president and CEO in April, he takes charge of a company facing a crisis unlike anything it has experienced in its nearly 70-year history." Here's an overview of what went wrong, and what the future holds Comments James Grimmelmann | Ars Technica | 27 March 2012 Short history of Sealand, self-proclaimed micro-nation on an old oil-rig in the North Sea. It's not actually independent, but it is very isolated. Once a base for pirate broadcasters. Soon, perhaps, a home for Wikileaks? Comments | 
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