Lex Ferenda

There’s a long article in the New York Times magazine (today) on voting machines. Here it is. For me, the key paragraph is this:
In fact, the first serious critics of the machines — beginning 10 years ago — were computer scientists. One might expect computer scientists to be fans of computer-based vote-counting devices, but [...]

The RTÉ Living Music Festival will take place from February 15th through February 17th this year. Last year’s festival covered the music of John Adams (coverage on this blog here, lengthy review in the Journal of Music in Ireland here, lengthy response from the festival director here), and this year’s will turn to the [...]