There are some new US sanctions on North Korea which are intended to target the fabulous life of Dear Leader and his posse. Sales of Ipods, Segways and other fun things are now banned. It is Washington’s first-ever attempt to use trade penalties as a way of personally aggravating a foreign leader. They target items …
Bowling for Bioweapons
by | 2006-12-07 | 2 Comments
This is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. Five years after the United States brought an early end to a review of an international treaty banning biological weapons, conference delegates have resurrected a casualty of that diplomatic breakdown (see GSN, Nov. 20). It is not, however, a resumption of discussion of treaty verification …
Noah v. Jeffrey v. Claire & Caterina
by | 2006-12-05 | 3 Comments
Oh, so, I just got this note from Claire and Caterina: Think N Drink’s triumphant return! A few sweltering summers ago, a devoted group of DC Think Tankers decided to share a few drinks at a classic Dupont watering hole. The gathering became routine, and grew in size, until some even called it a “movement.” …
Will We Finally get our Moon Base?
by | 2006-12-04 | 7 Comments
A couple of months ago, I made a snide remark about those who advocate of “pulling out of the Outer Space Treaty, which prohibits [military] installations on the moon among other things.” “Not that we have a plan for a [military] moon-base, but we might—you know?” Right. So, nearly three years after President Bush ordered …
