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Ugh, Get Your Love Off Of Me!

Nathan — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:24:13 +0000

I was recently quoted as saying this to a friend when talking about a relationship of his, “Ugh, Get Your Love Off Of Me!” It sums up how I generally feel right now about relationships, marriage, and any kind of other long term “forever” hallucination people operate under.

Not being completely ready to join the [...]

The CitySearch Lesson Applies

Nathan — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:01:53 +0000

I have been explaining this to people for years. It is really a simple concept especially to a scientist. We call it the impact factor; a measure of import the research published in a particular carries. There is one massive difference between scientific research and “net 2.0″ style commenting fever. You can see it in [...]

Death of Che

Nathan — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:50:02 +0000

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Oct 14th 1967 From The Economist print edition BY A CORRESPONDENT

By killing Che Guevara, the Bolivian army and its American advisers have done more than cut short the guerrilla movement in Bolivia. Certainly the small surviving band of Bolivian guerrillas, who have lost their local leaders as well as Guevara, will not [...]

Where Is My Moshe Dayan?

Nathan — Wed, 30 May 2007 22:35:44 +0000

My opinion is pretty clear on this. Stop acting up and you will have a nation lickity-split. I have written about ‘The Arc‘ and other rumination about the Palestinian issue. It has come up recently in the guise of 40th anniversary celebrations of the 6 Day War from The Economist to a read of Time [...]

Antisemitism vs. Antizionism

Nathan — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:23:45 +0000

In another outstanding article, which makes the Economist worth the hefty subscription price, there is an analysis on the difference causes for the rift in support for Israel between America and Europe. While going through historical detail on the basis of left vs. right politics and how both have changed in all three locations cause [...]

Eulogy: Death of The American Dream

Nathan — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:50:41 +0000

In front of Twilo maybe 8 years ago, maybe longer, I was berated by Sean B. and George M. because I was taking a stance about sending garment production to Asia. I maintained that it was fundamentally un-American to allow your neighbors to loose their jobs so that you could have the perception of cheaper [...]

Nasrallah Wins The War

Nathan — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:09:32 +0000

So says this week’s The Economist cover story. A quote from the opening paragraph:

Israel’s prime minister set himself an absurd aimï¿½the complete demolition of Hizbullah’s power in Lebanonï¿½and failed to achieve it. The shrewder Mr Nasrallah said victory would consist merely of surviving, and Hizbullah, however battered, did survive.

They want to be [...]