How Stupid Can We Be?

In the Iranian imagination, a nuclear weapon is essential if the country is to assume its rightful place among the world’s leading nations. – After the Crackdown by Jon Lee Anderson in New Yorker, August 16 & 23, 2010 p.64 One of the hot topics of debate in U.S. military circles is when President Obama […]

Did Y’all Schmucks Know….

The late detective novelist Agatha Christie is the most widely read novelist in history, according to the New Yorker, which has an essay on the popular author in the latest issue (August 16 & 23, 2010 p.82-88) Back in the old days, we read a few dozen Agatha Christie books. And for the most part, […]