How not to be an ambassador!

Ghostwriter tells all!

My brother working on future tech!

I remember this fondly from when I was 7. Or maybe 6.

Opposition footballer's assets frozen by democracy-loving government t.

ASA stands up for science.

Andrew Hickey's tribute to Mary Tamm.

The Border Between Israel and Palestine - a short history.

The USA's democratic deficit.

How to apologise.

Measuring outcomes rather than rhetoric.

Read this. Awful warning for us all.

Read it. Do them.

Short answer: probably not. "...conditions on the ground continue to deteriorate, the world grows ever more tired of our endless fighting, and hope for a solution grows ever more dim."

From the December 1964 NYROB.

A librarian's perspective.

Max Born and Rudolf Hess.

With thanks to @Paul_Cornell.

The role of the state.

Heh.

Krugman is pessimistic.

"gun hysteria emerged in response to the civil rights movement." With evidence.

"Ulster Scots simply isn’t at the level of development necessary for anything approaching a formal academic test"

Excellent analysis by the excellent Stefan Lehne of the roles of UK, France, Germany in the EU.

Georgia’s politicians are hypersensitive to charges of collusion with Russia, the old imperial power. President Saakashvili denounces opposition figures for being tools of the Kremlin. But the record suggests that he might himself be vulnerable to the same charge

An extraordinary story.

Only 62.

How Moscow lost Chisinau - a liberal Russian perspective.

Superb stone sculptures by Japanese artist.