Someone has hijacked your Facebook account. Your Facebook Friends are receiving emails from you saying you were mugged in Paris. You have great friends; they are already wiring money to you. Other friends are getting emails from you asking them … Continue reading
First, apologies to my Facebook Friend Michael Swaine, and to Joy C., Michael’s FF. A recent gust of particularly odious spam had me in a foul mood. Exhibit A: I got lots of spam preying on the Boston tragedy. Anyone foolish … Continue reading
I once asked an impudent question of Condoleezza Rice, the former United States Secretary of State who is now a professor of political science and political economy at Stanford University. If the Bush Administration’s justification for invading Iraq was to … Continue reading
Some say this quadrennial presidential campaign is disappointing, focusing too much on negative personal attacks rather than serious discussions about important issues. George Friedman, a political scientist and chief executive of … Continue reading