Fact-checking political rhetoric has lately become something of a cottage industry in America. Getting into that line of work seems to require a cutesy visual rating system involving wooden noses, flaming trousers, or some such. But with such a sweet target of opportunity, who can resist? After all, this may be the first time that …
Greetings from Vienna
by | 2012-11-12 | 1 Comment
I would post one of my own pictures of the view from our office in Vienna, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation — but its very cloudy. Here is a picture of the building, the Torre Andromeda, that someone took in the winter. (It’s not that cold right now.) We have a pretty interesting POSSE meeting, …
Now What?
by | 2012-11-11 | 7 Comments
Democrats were obliged to expand their base after the 1972 McGovern campaign. The Republican Party now finds itself in the same boat. Who knew? It turns out that Fox Television and hard-right radio, long the bêtes noires of liberals, are more harmful to conservatives. Media personalities have sucked the air out of what was once …
Elahe Mohtasham Decision
by | 2012-11-09 | 5 Comments
If you are not familiar with Ms. Elahe Mohtasham’s allegations against various persons associated with the University of Southampton, lucky you. Keep it that way and read no further. I will not dignify the allegations by repeating them. If you have been exposed, however unwillingly, to this ugliness, then you ought to know that the UK …
