Homeland is the series for national security folks. Walking Dead is the series for those belonging to the Drezner cult. Combined? Oh my.
Homeland is the series for national security folks. Walking Dead is the series for those belonging to the Drezner cult. Combined? Oh my.
1: A mysterious little Father's Day gift for certain Dads among us. Speculation here.2: Your GoT satirical post of the week. (H/T Steve.)3: No, I haven't read it yet, though this is definitely on my...
Though I clearly swim in the shallow end of the pool of those who think about Zombies in International Relations - in fact, I learned what a zombie is from Dan Drezner's book. At the same time, I...
We also talk about Libya, R2P, Wikileaks, gender, and why Dan should give critical theory a second chance despite how they left things. I do feel compelled to explain the weirdness around 21:20. We...
I can't stand Keith Olbermann most of the time, but this bit last night - both a spoof of the health care debate and the proliferation of zombie references in political discourse lately - was too priceless to ignore:Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Abi Southerland on the current popularity of Zombies:I mentioned this puzzle to my better half, who happens to be in the middle of a reread of World War Z. His answer? ... You can have a fascinating story about a single zombie in a world of humans or the last human in a world of zombies. You can do one on one human-zombie interactions, or set entire armies against each other. They work differently as individuals (stupid and clumsy) and in crowds (lucky by means of what sheer numbers can do with probability theory). A group of them is as impersonal as a natural disaster; a single one is as...
From Damien Mansell of Swansea University:The cabin was situated on the top of a ridge, at the bottom of a large valley looking out to the Arctic Ocean. The Ocean met large ice-cliffs and nunataks, which stared back at us from across the water.We shared out all the necessary equipment and supplies amongst our packs and pulkas (sledges). Those who skied ahead of us had the coal and fire wood and we were welcomed by a toasty warm fire.Adam and I cooked up a large chilli to satisfy our growing bellies. It took much longer than we anticipated as we had to melt snow to produce drinking water, and...