On film, journalism, and the order of things...

Some essential reading, every bit as true of the 'micro' level of governance as it is of the level of the macro geopolitical order.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/26/compliance-authority-failure

and

http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_detained_at_border/