Thoughts About K4D

I would add that the Crimean War fought in the 185...

2012-05-13T15:59:15.628-04:00

I would add that the Crimean War fought in the 1850s resulted in nearly 1.5 million deaths. It was the first war that was reported in real time via telegraph, and the U.S. Army sent observers, some of whom had high rank in the Civil War. The information on the potential deadliness of war should have been available to those who took the states into the Civil War.

While the graph shows that the rate of reduction o...

2012-05-11T07:31:12.242-04:00

While the graph shows that the rate of reduction of unemployment is comparable to that in other recoveries, there is an explanation for the continuing problem.

There was a housing bubble, with both overbuilding and over evaluation of housing. Many people borrowed more than they could pay back on their houses, and many foreclosed houses are continuing to come on the market.

I recently watched a lecture by Wayne Hsieh at Ann...

2012-05-01T04:08:50.113-04:00

I recently watched a lecture by Wayne Hsieh at Annapolis on Robert E. Lee's strategy in the Civil War. He asked if the strategy was plausible.

The Confederacy was out manned and outgunned. The Union economy was better able to support a long war. Both sides were manned by people with a common language, common religions, and similar cultures. There were more professionally trained

I have been listening to a discussion as to whethe...

2012-04-29T17:06:10.739-04:00

I have been listening to a discussion as to whether Robert E. Lee or U.S. Grant was the better general. The two faced very different situations. Lee was on the weaker side, Grant on the stronger. The numbers said that the Union should win, as it did. Lee's task was to create conditions in which the Confederate elected officials could negotiate a peace that would preserve the Confederacy with

So the lesson is one we have learned before. The s...

2012-04-29T16:53:59.108-04:00

So the lesson is one we have learned before. The southern institutions put power in the hands of people whose interests were different than those of the majority of the people. Not only that, but those with influence and power in the south misjudged their enemy, misunderstood the nature of the war that they were starting, misjudged their potential allies, overestimated the capacity of their

2012-04-27T06:59:45.579-04:00

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George Mason University faculty have a project cal...

2012-04-24T18:43:59.628-04:00

George Mason University faculty have a project called RiftLand intended to conduct analyses of scenarios of complex crises, leading to possible improvements in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in the Rift Valley and related areas. "Riftland" might be a good name for the region, and the Riftland model might help to explain the level of conflict.

2012-04-15T20:07:25.484-04:00

I quote from Wikipedia: "The origins of the American Civil War lay in the complex issues of slavery, competing understandings of federalism, party politics, expansionism, sectionalism, tariffs, and economics."

Woops! I am in the minority. John delaney handily ...

2012-04-04T09:04:36.287-04:00

Woops! I am in the minority. John delaney handily won the Democratic nomination. Roscoe Bartlett at age 85 was the Republican choice.

John, thanks for this thoughtful info on the park ...

2012-03-27T13:05:03.237-04:00

John, thanks for this thoughtful info on the park and the needs for ecosystem rehab and preservation there. I learned a lot. Hope you enjoyed the visit.
Christine

Reagan has a legacy so distorted by the Conservati...

2012-03-13T19:39:36.389-04:00

Reagan has a legacy so distorted by the Conservative idolization of him that we may never have a clear picture of the real man behind the television set beyond the elaborate myth now concocted around him. Did he really rid the world of commie scum? Did destroy or save our economy? Check out my portrait of The Gipper in commemoration of the Reagan Centennial and help me figure it out on my

Think about the people in Haiti trying to collect ...

2012-03-09T22:48:37.286-05:00

Think about the people in Haiti trying to collect and report statistics on HIV, underpaid and overworked in all probability, dealing with a system in crisis. If their statistics are less accurate than those in the United States or Western Europe, it is probably not their fault.

I would note that if you have two estimates of a small fraction, and each of the estimates is likely to be

I don't know if this post is too late, but for...

2012-03-09T20:21:44.455-05:00

I don't know if this post is too late, but for years the UN had exaggerated HIV rates in several countries. This was brought to attention by Indian officials. If you noticed, UN's AIDS commission did not publish data for 2008 when they were forced to revise their data. You'll see dramatic drops in HIV rates for several countries between 2007 and 2009. Haiti's current HIV

"The Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature runs...

2012-03-06T23:52:08.521-05:00

"The Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature runs the risk of losing connections with its international partners if the United States does not pay its membership fees to the greater organization by 2013, officials say." http://j.mp/ySJbh8

2012-02-29T18:54:51.930-05:00
The Drudge Report surfaces a speech Santorum made at Ave Maria University in 2008. Here are the quotes Drudge provides:

"Satan has his sights on the United States of America!"

"Satan is attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and

Bob Park today
2012-02-27T20:58:43.127-05:00
Bob Park today posted this: "Last Sunday on Face the Nation, Rick Santorum opposed amniocentesis testing of an embryo in the womb. One of the great advances in modern diagnostic medicine, amniocentesis can be used to diagnose certain severe medical handicaps long before full-term. On the grounds that bad news might lead a woman to

Of course, you are right that Egyptian women would...

2012-02-16T08:11:57.921-05:00

Of course, you are right that Egyptian women would not be wearing the hijab were there not a religious reason to do so.

As I recall there is a considerable variation in the garb of women in Egypt. Some, as I recall, wore beautiful hijabs with beautiful colors carefully coordinated with the rest of their clothing. Others wore black garments that seemed very conservative.

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Egyptian women wear Hijab, because no.1 the quran ...

2012-02-15T16:15:37.331-05:00

Egyptian women wear Hijab, because no.1 the quran does require for a woman to wear the veil and cover her adornments.They definitely not wearing it just because of fashion.They going back to the true Islam, which is gr8 by the way! by the way, Hijab can also look fashionable. The style and colour of the Hijab is not important, its the parts of the body that it covers that really counts.

The Occupy movement depicts itself as representing...

2012-02-14T16:02:06.082-05:00

The Occupy movement depicts itself as representing the other 99 percent. But the top one-tenth of one percent that is absorbing an even more disproportional part of the nation's wealth. So where is the line to be drawn. Especially since some of the richest seem quite willing to share their wealth and to use it for the benefit of the poor.

The basic point of my post was that we all

The growing awareness about the extreme income ine...

2012-02-14T15:12:56.961-05:00

The growing awareness about the extreme income inequality and the very wealthy's grip on our political system indicate that some form of class war is all but inevitable. I am developing a set of ground rules for a possible class war that would guide it in a peaceful and productive direction. The Rules for the Class War begin at this post: http://www.ragingwisdom.com/?p=585 I am open to

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2012-02-14T07:12:57.000-05:00

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Europe is really successful before.No wonder it is...

2012-02-07T02:41:06.546-05:00

Europe is really successful before.No wonder it is really popular even now.

And how about more news and less commentary. How a...

2012-02-03T16:37:01.503-05:00

And how about more news and less commentary. How about fewer interviews asking politicians how they are spinning the real news?

Thanks Anthony, I take your point about nationali...

2012-01-07T16:35:04.191-05:00

Thanks Anthony,

I take your point about nationalism and imperialism. I will think a little more.