This is a fascinating account of Thomas Jefferson’s time in Paris as an early US diplomat before the French Revolution: an article written in 1872. Many striking points of interest and insight. Such as Benjamin Franklin’s view of Diplomacy: Benjamin Franklin’s excellence being, that he conducted the intercourse of nationson […]
Remember the hard wrangling on how the so-called new EU Embassies would be set up under the Lisbon Treaty and its External Action Service? No you don’t. So look here. Some very important issues at stake here, namely who ultimately gives the orders to these missions. Is it the EU […]
I previously linked to analysis of Russia’s startlingly bad health statistics. Last night I was down at Eton College addressing the school’s busy Slavonic Society on the Psychology of Bigness, with special reference to Russia. I used one graph from this piece to show just how grim Russia’s situation is from a […]
An interesting article on how sprawling Texas is adjusting fast and creatively to energy shortages – by keeping well clear of interstate connections and therefore US federal regulations. H/t Instapundit.
A zany but prominent piece in this morning’s Guardian, asserting that the newspaper has been ‘prevented for reporting Parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds’: Today’s published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week. The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has […]
Sounds like a moderate and sensible way forward. And this (via Ed Driscoll) is how it’s done: Obama To Enter Diplomatic Talks With Raging Wildfire
Looking at the way Thomas Jefferson set about his work representing the new United States of America in France in the years immediately leading up to the French Revolution, I came across a fine observation. Jefferson over in London was taken aback by the ribald anarchy of the British press: […]
Dominic Lawson looks at one Superfreakonomic idea for solving our supposed Climate Change problem: Let’s suppose, however, that our political leaders are not mistaken in taking the view that the threat to mankind does come from the greenhouse effect and its consequences. Here is where Levitt’s friend Nathan Myhrvold (described […]
This is interesting, exploring the US Law Library of Congress analysis on the goings-on in Honduras: In other words, far from fitting the administration’s description as a “coup d’état,” the report paints Zelaya’s removal as remarkably orderly and legalistic, especially in a region where the rule of law is so tenuous. […]
Have the Obama Administration kissed goodbye to some key Western values at the UN to placate global Islamists? Anne Bajevsky says "Hell, yes". A less angry but still concerned view here at Volokh Conspiracy: The resolution generally seems to be an attempt to urge more protection for free speech throughout the […]
