Hossein Derakhshan (“Hoder”) has now been in prison in Iran for more than a year. My friend Cyrus Farivar has followed his case closely, and… Read More »Hossein Derakhshan, now detained for over a year
I’m reading Paul Collier’s controversial new “Wars, Guns and Votes” (NYTimes review), where the brilliant development economist addresses the uncomfortable question, “What if democracy doesn’t… Read More »Babtounes, “democrazy” and the Tunisian elections
My friend Michael Anti posted a tweet earlier today about Chinese artist and political activist, Ai Weiwei: Ai Weiwei to undergo cranial surgery in Germany… Read More »Ai Weiwei, censorship and sacred facts
Xiao Qiang is a long-time Chinese activist, and now teaches journalism at UC Berkeley, where he leads the China Digital Times project. He introduces his… Read More »Xiao Qiang and Evgeny Morozov with dueling views of digital activism
I’m behind on my blogging, because my copresenters this morning gave extremely rich, complex talks – it’s going to take me more time to get… Read More »Hamid Tehrani and a nuanced view of social media in Iran
Update, 7:04pm, July 23: Robert Mackey has been very gracious about engaging with the points I’ve raised in this post. Please make sure you read… Read More »When the Times reports rumors