For the record, this post by Megan McArdle is a good illustration of the things I like about her writing: her willingness to question her own underlying assumptions, to take her political opponents’ ideas seriously, and to take unusual stands on even taboo topics like terrorism. (It’s worth noting McArdle does a far better job [...]

iAfrica.com has published a very kind review of this blog. I don’t have much to say about this about this, except that I’m very grateful and flattered to the be recipient of such attention so early on in this blog’s run.

Everybody knows Floyd Shivambu after his (in)famous interview with Redi Direko. But did you know that he also has a blog?
For a sample of his writing, check out this post, in which he likens COPE to (among others) the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda and rebels in the Niger Delta.

The first post on any blog is always vaguely awkward, so let’s get it over with. I am Laurence Caromba, and this is my new blog. Some of you may know me from Commentary.co.za, where I blogged regularly for several years before - unforgivably - allowing my posting frequency to dwindle down to nothingness. Others [...]