Outbound to Wonderland

As anyone who's ever ridden the Metro in Boston knows, there's a sign on the wall along the blue line route that reads, "Outbound to Wonderland." Must be one helluva train, I thought to myself when I saw it. In that spirit of exploration, this is a blog of short essays on art, literature, law, economics, music, history, international relations, science...and everything else, too.

Monday, January 4, 2016

Why Weren't You Zusya?

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A bit of Jewish wisdom to start off the new year and perhaps get the old blog rolling again after a hiatus in the second half of 2015.  Para...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

My Grandfather's Job

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I promise I'll leave poor Ian Bremmer alone soon, but couldn't help noticing this Tweet of his from a few weeks back: If TPP pas...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Whither Strategy, or On the Uncertain Value of Posturing

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A recent Tweet by the always penetrating and incisive Ian Bremmer may be the ultimate justification for limiting oneself to 140 characters: ...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Russia, China, and the Power of Institutional Habits

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Reading this week about joint Russian-Chinese naval exercises in the Mediterranean, I thought of something I read a little over a year ago....
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Cosmosis

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What I know about cosmology: precisely squat.  Take everything hereafter, therefore, for what it's worth. This article is surely some ...
Monday, May 18, 2015

Rock Stars, Serious and Otherwise

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New album out today by Brandon Flowers, front man for The Killers (once described by none other than Bono as 'the swankiest rock ba...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

The Life of the (Russian) Mind

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  I read this book some years back, with an eye to reviewing it for the European Journal of International Law (I never did -- those we...
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