This is the sixth installment of an eight part series on the Patterson School’s Summer Reading List. Hide and Seek, Charles Duelfer The Accidental Guerrilla, David Kilcullen The Limits of Power, Andrew Bacevich Huang Yasheng, Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics Walter Laqueur, The Last Days of Europe...
Author: Robert Farley
A friend of mine once told me that the experience of the first two weeks made him want to have more kids. This seemed an absurd proposition, so I asked.
At most ballparks the staff find creative ways to make crappy players look good; "Dan Wilson is hitting .307 in 16 of his last 24 games," and so forth. Apparently,.
For the first few months, I was responsible for more general day-to-day child care than my wife. She was working full time, and since I was teaching only one course per week, I had a reasonable amount of time to spare. We were also fortunate...
Brief note before we continue: No part of this series should be thought of as an authoritative statement about pregnancy, parenthood, or anything else. Rather, it should be understood as.
How can I expect to prevail in the face of this?
Friday will be the girl's first birthday, and in honor of one year as a parent I thought that I would toss together a few things I wrote on the topic (some from way back) and try to make a series of it. The first...
Erik Loomis informs me that LGM has achieved immortality in the form of a screenshot of a google search in the liner notes of M.I.A.'s latest album. The post in.
Now this is starting to make me feel old: Former Brewers outfielder Geoff Jenkins will announce his retirement on Friday. Jenkins has scheduled a press conference before Milwaukee's game against Pittsburgh to.
This article, about Pakistan's preference for F-16s is pretty interesting: Pakistanis are fascinated, if not obsessed, with F-16 fighter jets. It is the best fighting aircraft in the fleet of the Pakistan air force, allowed to be flown by only the country’s best pilots. Video...
The Jedi Principle runs so: If you need the Jedi in order to make your project work, don't start. The Jedi Principle comes to mind in the context of defenses.
North Korea adds insult to injury: