Monthly Archives: April 2009

Careless Government vs. Malicious Agents

Posted on April 15, 2009 by

Jamie Grace wrote this article. The e-governance initiatives that Anderson et al deplored in their Database State report are not, as I’ve argued previously here in Panopticonic, malicious works of a totalitarian state – they are about deploying information in … Continue reading →

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An Unhealthy Fixation With Databases?

Posted on April 14, 2009 by

Jamie Grace wrote this article. The Database State report commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, written by the UK authors Anderson et al and published in March 2009 gives a sweeping – and damning – overview of databases, IT … Continue reading →

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The War Dead

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

For the first time in 18 years, Americans were allowed to see the flag-draped casket of a soldier — Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers — who died doing his sworn duty to his country.

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