About
For those of you who have been reading my Xenophilia blog, this is its new home. You will note that nearly all of the older content is missing. This is because the database–the place where the posts and comments are stored–became corrupted and I had neglected to make a back-up. (I had backed up all of the “content” forgetting that this would only archive images and other attachments, not my posts and comments.) This is a loss of course, but also an opportunity to start again and to keep things in perspective. Some of my most recent posts have been about the war in Afghanistan, remote-controlled weapons and the U.S. security state. The loss of a few dozen blog articles doesn’t rate as a matter of concern in this context. I will, however, reconstruct some of the content–well, at least my Open Letter to President Obama–since I consider it to be of continuing relevance. I will also take this as a lesson learned and make sure to back-up the database after every new post and consider moving to an off-line blogging tool. I’ve used these in the past but have not yet found the right one for Windows 7.
If you are a new reader, this blog collects my occasional writings, reviews and commentaries, often dealing with political subjects, but also ideas, media, and now and then a slice of life.
