Avatar photoRandom Wonk Shout Out

An idiosyncratic endeavor such as this blog can hardly be expected to produce predictable links or references. Yet even with a healthy expectation of surprise, every now and again, I am shocked to see a very random reference to my blog. Case in point: The Wikipedia entry for Wham-O “Super Ball” references my post about …

Avatar photoFeed Updates

For those of you frustrated with the wonk feed lately – I have some good news. We pushed through a major update this weekend that should stabilize a newly validated feed. So please rejoin us. And if you are (still) experiencing any issues just comment here. Also new this weekend – we’ve stopped broadcasting your …

Avatar photoEconomics of Energy Independence for Iran

The National Laboratories provide all kinds of support to the nation’s intelligence community. But try getting them to talk about it. When the Albuquerque Journal’s John Fleck tried to write about the support that Los Alamos and Sandia provide, he discovered that a memorandum went out reminding employees at one lab that they were strictly …

Avatar photoIran: Department of Chain-Jerking

From the interview Jeffrey quotes in his recent post, are a couple of items worth highlighting. 1. Saidi mentions that Iran might construct HW-moderated power reactors – a claim I don’t recall having seen before. He says: Therefore, unlike in research light water reactors, which need over 20 per cent enriched fuel, we basically do …