A life in words

  • Thus Quoth Kissinger

    Russia Blog is running a recent editorial from the International Herald Tribune in which Henry Kissinger and George Schultz discuss the past and prospects of Russian-Western relations. I thank these two former Secretaries of State for their level-headedness. Let’s cut the rhetoric and be forward-thinking. Read it here.

  • The Dark Bailout

    Via Greg Mankiw:

  • Our Own Advice

    Says Robert Shimer via Greg Mankiw’s blog: The U.S. has long been a beacon of free markets. When economic conditions turn sour in Argentina or Indonesia, we give very clear instructions on what to do: balance the budget, cut government employment, maintain free trade and the rule of law, and do not prop up failing…

The past is never dead. It’s not even past.William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun (1951), act 1