One of the disadvantages to having your head buried in books all day long is that you sometimes miss out on those few occasions when there’s something (other than South Park) that’s really worth watching on the tube. Tonight was almost one of those occasions.
Fortunately, I recovered just in time this evening to tune […]
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For eight days in late August 1909, the city of Reims, France played host to Le Grande Semaine d’Aviation de la Champagne one of the first and most successful air shows of the new age of flight. The Reims Air Show riveted European attention on the airplane, awakened the public to the reality of flight, […]
A little under two weeks ago I published an op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor about the continuing practice of dedovshchina within the ranks of Russian army. (For those unfamiliar with the term, dedovshchina refers to the longstanding practice in which senior non-commissioned soldiers “initiate” the first-year conscripts under their command through physical punishment and […]
Many thanks to my friends and colleagues, Dr. Alexander Prokhorov of the College of William and Mary and Dr. Yvonne Howell of the University of Richmond who were gracious hosts late this past week for events on their campuses. I was delighted to have an opportunity to screen and discuss a pair of less well […]