Bureaucratic Politics of Pesach
The paradigm I am most capable of applying to a situation is bureaucratic politics – it was my dissertation after all and has also been
May 1, 2016
Skybolt: A Historic Case Study of Pressuring an Ally
There has been some discussion about how the United States is carrying its allies and needs them to step up to the plate. I won’t
March 22, 2016
Plan Colombia: Success & Ambiguity in Foreign Affairs
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos was in DC recently, to discuss how U.S. aid to his country will shift as the government negotiates with the
February 12, 2016
Phaedrus & Presentism Perspective
The first book I read when I started at St. John’s College was Plato’s Phaedrus. It is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus in which
February 7, 2016
Serious About Syria?
With the anniversary last month of Pearl Harbor and the horrible attacks in Paris and San Bernadino, the comparisons between this generation and the generation
January 29, 2016
How Do I Like Jo Walton’s Among Others? Let me count the ways…
So I recently had the pleasure of listening to Hugo Award Winner, Among Others by Jo Walton. I really enjoyed it – as I write
January 6, 2016
The Rav and the Refugees
Most engaged Jews knew of Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, author of the seminal Zionist Idea. But I have a soft spot for his father Rabbi Tzvi
November 26, 2015
Visit to the Postal Museum II: The National Nervous System
Last week I wrote about visiting the Postal Museum of the Smithsonian. For obvious reasons the exhibit on the anthrax attack grabbed my attention, a reminder of
November 13, 2015
Visit to the Postal Museum I: Echoes of Anthrax
Not so long ago, I visited the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, it was very interesting – I recommend it highly – and I’ll write more
November 1, 2015
Martian Chronicles: Good Reading for Columbus Day
I recently listened to Ray Bradbury’s haunting, elegiac classic The Martian Chronicles. In the introduction, Bradbury explained he was trying to write Winesburg, Ohio on
October 13, 2015