A Snapshot of Love
If I see something I want, I immediately must have it. So when me and a friend stumbled upon a cute girl in the book store last weekend, I knew I was going to ask her out sooner or later (we were going to party quite heavily that day, so it wasn't the right time to ask). Very well; this week I was assigned to make a cultural photograph session of the city. Part of the assignment included taking front-up portraits. Bingo! 15 minutes before close down I went into the same store, hoping that same girl would still be by the counter. I was right. My plan: seal my portrait session and a date at the same time, while getting something to eat. I didn't present myself by name or occupation.

This is Why We Emphasize Culture
The constitutional State is a balance between cultural cohesion and punishment through justice. I don't kill any person just because I get angry, partly because I've been taught it's a bad thing to do, and partly because if I did, I know I'd most likely spend a lot of years in prison. So I avoid killing as much as I can. The relationship between culture and punishment essentially defines the nature of a society. In totalitarian societies leaders don't trust the public culture, so they enforce legal standards ensuring total obedience to common laws. In a mostly free society like America or Sweden there is a tradition of trusting the community, e.g. civil society, to deal with laws

How Do You Act Like an Asshole?
I'm happy to see people are interested in discussing the virtue of pissing people off in public to stand your ground. Now I want to hear more from our readers. If you sometimes act like an asshole, for any reason at all, what do you do, why do you do it, and what effects does it usually have?

Not a Connossieur of Hate
Following climate science is great if you enjoy soap operas but wish they were a lot less sexy. A particularly amusing episode features George Marshall's commentary on the CRU e-mail hack: I looked and found lots of references to lunch and fun, 94 to hate, 31 to love. Generally, though, the emails are extremely focused, technical, and, dare I say it, really dull. It is George Marshall who is dull! He found 94 references to hate and

Not a Conossieur of Hate
Following climate science is great if you enjoy soap operas but wish they were a lot less sexy. A particularly amusing episode features George Marshall's commentary on the CRU e-mail hack: I looked and found lots of references to lunch and fun, 94 to hate, 31 to love. Generally, though, the emails are extremely focused, technical, and, dare I say it, really dull. It is George Marshall who is dull! He found 94 references to hate and