Blogwatch makes the bourgeoisie and the rebel…

Claw of the Conciliator: He’s started a series of posts on Christianity and science fiction and fantasy; scroll up from here. And this is a really interesting, fun post about how attempting a “view from nowhere” damages one’s understanding (of religion, in this case, but I think the point has wider applicability).

Disputations on my post about forgiveness.

The Rat on V for Vendetta.

Virginia Postrel makes containers interesting:

…My column barely mentions one important part of the story–the regulatory environment. At first, containerization grew through cracks in the rigid regulatory structure of the 1960s. But today’s fully integrated systems became possible only after trucking and rail were deregulated in the 1970s and maritime rates were deregulated (to very little fanfare) in 1984. Assumptions about transportation regulation have changed so radically that reading about the bad old days seems like science fiction.

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