Slightly off topic today, but a friend alerted me to a New York Times Magazine feature that used the idiotic xenophobia of my hometown — Pekin, IL — to illustrate the pervasive impact of globalization: China used to be far away, the country at the bottom of the world. Certainly that must be how it …
Its baaaaack!
by | 2004-07-12 | No Comments
After some digging around, I’ve learned that the brackets around the 68.0 M for NFIRE in the Senate Appropriations Committee Report mean the funding has been preserved, setting up a fight in conference. Even an old wonk can learn new budget tricks. For those of you who are interested, here are NFIRE briefings, with some …
The other shoe … (Nuclear Testing)
by | 2004-07-09 | No Comments
Looks like the Bush Administration has identified the “stockpile problem” to justify a resumption of nuclear testing. You may remember the reassuring speech delivered by National Nuclear Security Administrator Linton Brooks to defend, among other items, the President/’s proposal to enhance test site readines. Brooks said: “While we have no plans to resume such testing, …
Linguistic Gymnastics with the Missile Defense Agency
by | 2004-07-08 | No Comments
Two space-based missile defense items, today. NEAR FIELD INFRARED EXPERIMENT Theresa Hitchens noticed an interesting choice of words in the letter that the White House sent to the Senate Appropriations complaining about various recissions in the Defense Appropriations report. You may remember this exchange between Senator Dole and General Kadish: DOLE: General Kadish, could you …
