Monthly Archives: December 2010

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Posted on December 11, 2010 by beggingscholar

The Foreign Affairs magazine has reluctanly joined the recent uproar against WikiLeaks by republishing an article by Monteagle Stearns (an ambassador under Nixon and Reagan, Wikipedia tells us) with a short note prefaced saying, The recent publication of purloined State … Continue reading →

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Freedom of speech has a number and it’s http://88.80.13.160

Posted on December 7, 2010 by beggingscholar

Busy as I am at the approaching end of term, nothing could hold me away from spending 2 or 3 hours every morning reading freshly released cable dumps. Say what you will, I am all for the Assange crew. Change … Continue reading →

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Three Jeremiads, by Robert Darnton

Posted on December 6, 2010 by beggingscholar

A most profound piece by Robert Darnton has just been published by the New York Review of Books. In a not-too-long article Darnton, as the Harvard University Library Director, makes a strong case for open access publishing, given that exorbitant … Continue reading →

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