Even in the sweltering July heat, there are still events in the DC area. A few that caught my eye this week. ☞Wednesday, July 14, at noon at CATO. What to Do about North Korea? Featuring Stephen Linton, Karin J. Lee, Doug Bandow, and moderated by Ted Galen. The Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW …
Further Enrichment of Salehi’s Statement
by | 2010-07-13 | 3 Comments
Some readers noted errors in my previously posted calculations (Enriching Salehi’s Statement, 25 June 2010). My assumptions were quite wrong. I’ve now, finally, found some time to sit down and revisit my numbers. And as it happens, on the same day as Mr. Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the AEOI, have announced that his …
Hangzhou Light Show
by | 2010-07-12 | 36 Comments
Something interesting apparently happened last Wednesday (7/7/2010) in the skies over Hangzhou, China. As regular Wonk-readers will quickly agree, trying to extract reliable information from regular media reports is difficult at best. Unfortunately, almost all the news reports of this incident that I have seen of it have something like “…UFO over Hangzhou…” in the …
On Bombing the Bomb
by | 2010-07-09 | 33 Comments
This morning’s Washington Post features an op-ed on Iran policy by former U.S. Senator Charles (Chuck) Robb and retired U.S. Air Force general Charles (Chuck) Wald. It’s a serious, earnest statement, but also seriously flawed. The gist of what The Two Chucks have to say is this: we cannot “compel Iran to terminate its nuclear …
