Europe’s strategic cacophony "The crisis in Mali once again exposed the hollowness of European military pretensions and lack of common purpose." (tags: eu ) Geo-popularity of Given Names In the US: Sophia v Emma, Mason v Liam/William. (tags: maps usa ) Tilting at European windmills The lies in the British EU debate. (tags: eu ukpolitics ) Going Down by Jake Chudnow Nice 7/8 piece of music, with nifty space video. (tags: space video ) In memory of Jack Vance @RozKaveney's poetic obituary. (tags: deaths sf ) EU bashing and olive oil Euroscepticism, political opportunism and a European Commission ‘own goal'. (tags: eu )