Iran never cancelled the hit on Salman Rushdie. Like a mob boss with a hard-on for vengeance, Khomeini issued his fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989. Rushdie went into hiding for decades. In a footnote to my post on the Western Canon, I referenced the fatwa as an example of dangerous intolerance that derivesContinue reading “Salman Rushdie”
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Economic Warfare
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (this time) was met with rhetorical resolve and (largely) unified economic sanctions by the West. [1] The mechanism and impact of sanctions is hard to imagine and – unfortunately – hurts the general public more than the oligarchs and political elite of Russia. The Financial Times is the best and mostContinue reading “Economic Warfare”
Mining the Moon Redux
In Mining the Moon, I connected the Trump administration’s lunar-mining policy [1] to The Expanse and to Frederick Jackson Turner’s frontier thesis – the promise of new worlds opened by the Ring Gates. Would the writers treat these planets as another American frontier, a crucible for expansion and exploitation? The first three episodes of SeasonContinue reading “Mining the Moon Redux”
Protective Arts 