Courtesy of Kai Krause comes this map and associated information: Africa’s True Size Tip of the Hat to Razib Khan at Gene Expression.
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Notes From All Over 2/11/2010
A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit – abridged addition this time around. DEMOGRAPHICS The Wheel of History Turns to The Gods Razib Khan. Gene Expression. 10 October 2010. An extremely important survey of global demographic trends over the next forty years.The post focuses on the difference between the birth rates of […]
Rare Earth Geopolitics – A Quick Note
Over the last few weeks there has been quite a bit of hand-wringing over China’s rare earth elements monopoly. For those unfamiliar with the subject, rare earths are a group of 17 elements that can be found together in bastnasite and monazite deposits. Rare earths are necessary to create a wide range of products: cell […]
For History Nerds
These two gems were posted this week over at American Creation, the blogosphere’s best American history blog. They are worth sharing.
Three Headlines and A Moral
I consider it a great blessing to live in an age where it is possible to read within minutes of their publication the words of men and women who live thousands of miles away. The internet allows the unparalleled opportunity to understand the narratives of peoples world over – and in real time. I pity […]
Foxes, Hedgehogs, and Forecasting
Today I ran across Louis Menard’s review of Philip Tetlock’s book Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Do We Now? The bulk of Dr. Tetlock’s book concerns a 18 year experiment designed to test the forecasting skills of pundits and analysts. Having gathered some 284 experts in international politics, he asked them to […]
News Flash: A Republican Majority Will Not Bring Spending Under Control
Philip Klein of the American Spectator explains why: Republican’s Fiscal Fantasyland Philip Klein. American Spectator. 10 October 2010. Republican candidates will discuss the need to cut waste from the budget vaguely while ruling out cuts to entitlements and defense spending. To demonstrate how absurd this is, I put together this pie chart breaking down the […]
Thoughts From Geopolicraticus
Over the last two weeks a few posts deserving wider dissemination have been published by Nick Nielson (“Geopolicraticus”) on his blog Grand Strategy: the View From Oregon. I recommend that those interested in political philosophy and related topics give these posts a quick look. On social contracts, written and unwritten: Fairness and the Social Contract […]
The Political Theater of the CCP
This week the Nobel Prize Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xinbao, Charter ’08 author and Chinese dissident. The Chinese Communist Party did not take this news well. Blog-friend Zenpundit offers the following reflections: China is Vulnerable to 4GW and 5GW Mark Safranski (“Zenpundit”). Zenpundit.com. 11 October 2010. The Chinese government’s hamfisted and […]
James Madison on War and Liberty
It is one of James Madison’s best known sayings: “Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.” As these words get dragged into the public discourse fairly often it is useful to know the context in which they […]