Romney apparently said today "we've been 'turning to the United Nations' to 'raise our kids.'"I don't know if this is true,* but it raises a variety of questions/thoughts:Does the UN have stock in...
I have bowed to popular demand responded to a small number of requests by creating a page (also accessible via a tab above) to host PDF versions of working papers posted at the Duck of Minerva. The...
A majority of Americans support a no-fly zone in Syria. I expect that  "no-fly zone" comes across as a relatively anodyne, costless policy to the US public. And, indeed, most of the policies that...
Photo by AuthorI didn't find it terribly surprising that Scotland's National Museum presents the industrial revolution as an important component of Scottish national identity. After all, what better way to combat the anti-Pict stereotypes peddled in such racially insensitive works as Brave than to present the Scottish people as industrious and innovative by nature? Because that in no way would ever contribute to offensive stereotypes, now would it?Photo by AuthorStill, the museum's example of a Jacquard Loom blew me away. It employs what are recognizable as punchcards to weave a pattern....