Why study history?
At 3 PM on the afternoon of Election Day, I interviewed Robert Zoellick, former president of the World Bank, Under Secretary of State and Deputy Chief of Staff in the … Read more
George W. Nostradamus
I’ve been researching the use (and abuse) of history lately, and that brought me to “The Power of the Past,” an excellent new collection of essays published by Brookings. One … Read more
Back to work
Thanks to the generosity of my boss (me) I had a reduced workload for the last couple of months. Naturally, I spent my time productively. Much wood was chopped, many fish were … Read more
Dan's Notes
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