Geopolitics
At least, I think it’s day 4. The days are all starting to blur a bit; I’m grateful the ship changes the carpets in the elevators every day to let you know which day it is, or I’d be even more blurred. Great times, great sessions. Andrew McCarthy and John Yoo; Bernard Lewis and Victor [...]
I’d like to post more, but the onboard ‘net access is expensive, slow, and flaky. Great sessions today: Jay Nordlinger interviewing Fred Thompson and John Sununu about running for president; a rather frank panel discussion on the potential 2012 Republican candidates involving John Miller, Tony Blankley, John Fund, Mona Charen, Robert Costa, and Raph Reed; [...]
I’m posting this entry from 30,000 feet (and how quickly that has become commonplace). My sweet wife Sandra and I are sailing on the National Review Cruise tomorrow — seven days of traveling around the Caribbean while listening to and hobnobbing with people like Mark Steyn, Fred Thompson, Jonah Goldberg, Victor Davis Hanson, James Lileks, [...]
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Here are our 9/11-related posts from this blog: In Memoriam: Ronald Paul Bucca (May 6, 1954 – September 11, 2001) In Memoriam: Robert David Peraza (May 26, 1971- September 11, 2001) “There are not many who remember…” A Day That Lives In Infamy Lest We Forget (2008) Lest We Forget (2007) Remembering the WTC Not [...]
Robert Vacca wrote his work The Coming Dark Age back in the eco-70s. His basic premise was that our technological and logistical infrastructure was becoming so complex and inter-dependent that a major failure somewhere would trigger a domino effect, causing civilization to grind to a halt. Vacca underestimated the ability of complex systems — particularly [...]
Even as news circulates that Gaddafi may have fled Libya for Venezuela — and I frankly can’t think of two world leaders who more deserve each other than Chavez and Gaddafi, except possibly Kim Jong-il and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – I find my hopes for these various “street revolutions” tempered by history. We, as Americans, have [...]
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Hat tip to Gizmodo. ..bruce w..
The world is a dangerous place, and today that danger went up a notch. Our erstwhile allies, the Russians, have decided to lease a powerful Akula / Project 971 nuclear powered attack submarine to India for an extended period of time. India has been working steadily towards a home grown (and at some point for [...]
…but I’m only two steps removed from accused Russian spy Anna Chapman on LinkedIn. Maybe I should see what my connectivity to Kevin Bacon is. ..bruce w..
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In an article published in US Today, the President has stated that in the unlikely event of a nuclear terrorist strike, the population of the target city would be on their own for 24-72 hours. In addition, it would be necessary to convince the population inside the blast zone to stay put until the government [...]
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