Robert Worth | NYT | 14 November 2012 American diplomats used to judge, and arrange, their own security in ways that now seem quaint. The world has changed, the risks are greater, but so is the risk-aversion. Security constraints come with costs too Comments Neda Soltani | BBC | 14 November 2012 "In 2009, a woman was shot dead in a demonstration in Tehran. Neda Agha-Soltan became the face of the Iranian protest movement – except that it was not her face to begin with, but the face of university teacher Neda Soltani" Comments David Simon | Audacity of Despair | 13 November 2012 Rant. Shame on the American press for their treatment of General Petraeus. People have affairs. Always have, always will. No reflection on intelligence or character. Petraeus a great man. Bill Clinton was too. Enough of the insults Comments Andy Xie | Caixin | 12 November 2012 Japan pursues strong yen for reasons of national pride, and to keep pensioners happy with cheap imported goods. It's a crazy policy for a depression, and it's sure to end in a crash, but the Japanese seem to like it that way Comments Clay Shirky | Clay Shirky | 12 November 2012 Open online education courses are going to hollow out traditional colleges and universities, just as MP3 and Napster did for the music industry, by giving people freedom to choose only what they want, when they want it Comments Bella Bathurst | Aeon | 9 November 2012 "The point and the pleasure of chopping logs is that it is just me and a stone-age tool. Standing there in the shed in a deep layer of sawdust and chippings, I can hear the birds and the river and the changing note of the blade" Comments | 
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