The Weakest Link
Jan 04In the Star Wars movies, an entire enormous imperial military mechanism can always be destroyed or brought to a standstill simply by targeting some relatively small but apparently crucial component – a shield generator, a droid control ship, an exhaust vent on the Death Star. I’d like to think this was George Lucas’s deliberate satire [...]
Hume on Religion
Jan 04Until now my blog has been proudly 100% Tiger-Woods-free, but I can’t resist quoting Brit Hume as he shares with us his vast knowledge of comparative religion: The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith. He is said to be a Buddhist. I don’t think that faith offers the [...]
Thinking Like a State, Part 2
Jan 04More on passengers vs. terrorists, and government vs. passengers.
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