After I read Polansky’s eloquent post on foreign policy—and I quote: The willingness to take another state’s interests seriously is a strong hedge against moralism in our own foreign policy...
I’m sure that this will go up on whatever website is the Chinese-language equivalent of Engrish.com: The Max Planck Institute is one of the world’s leading science and technology research...
A report about Coriolis-induced instability in an orbital tether and climber contains this understatement of the day: I think we are finding that building a space elevator is a lot...
I’ve said elsewhere that “the cardinal sin of the cultural commentator is to take one’s private loves and preferences and try to read some sort of deeper cultural significance into...
At at least one point in our lives, we’ve all been touched by the infuriating madness of a customer service fiasco. But while being on the receiving end of a...
No matter how kooky or stupid or hateful you find someone’s religion, philosophy, or ideology, you have an obligation to at least do the leg work and present their ideas...
