Robert's Stochastic thoughts

Yesterday Cesare Previti was convicted of bribing judges and sentenced to 11 years in prison. Oh what great joy it was to be alive on that ...

“Isn’t there an existence theorem proving that there is a second best argument for any policy ?” Robert Barro 1988. Now there is. It i...

Eureka Now that the lira no longer exists and it is not their problem, the Italian state has found a way to fight inflation. Amazingly i...

Hurray for Adam Smith I have been thinking about nuclear proliferation and graphite. Oddly my attention is focused on this because of ...

Today the Washington Post reports that Bush administration officials are concerned that Iraqis might be selling chemical and biological w...

I know that self links carry link begging a bit far, but I was mainly trying to see if I could get the html right

Hardly anyone has visited the other blogs I post George Orwell might say and fantapolitica .

Ten Days that Shook My World View OK so who cares about my world view. Well I do and this is my Blog. I admit this post isn’t about Ira...

If Rumsfeld’s aim is to convince Arabs that the Bush administration is determined to conquer and colonise all Arabia he is a genius. ...

Antiamericanism and francophobia First why can I write anti-americanism in English but I have to use a Greek suffix for Francophobia ? ...

Between Iraq and a Hard Place I think it’s past time to begin thinking about which Iraqis the US/UK non-occupation ought to conclude have...

Whiners will whine. I am not satisfied by the technological and logistics capabilities of the US armed forces. What am I thinking ? Well I...

My 13 year old daughter asked why so few US casualties in the war in Iraq. I said they have body armor that actually works. Just think, Bu...

I am a fanatical enthusiast for genetically modified foods and golden rice in particular (and an incorrigible cut and paster see below). Go...

I made it ! Finally after two weeks of trying I got to http://english.aljazeera.net. There were various problems, like the first tim...

Blinkered perspectives Yesterday, I saw attending a very interesting seminar by Alberto Bisin presenting joint work with Jess Benhabib. ...

Here comes some Italian politics. It is not quite entirely domestic and it has to do with Iraq and the USA and in particular with the 173 a...

The amateur Anthropologist Hey I said these were random thoughts. My real aim is to prove that there is someone who can't concentrat...

I am an html illiterate but at least I am willing to admit it. I don't know how to find out if anyone is reading this. I don't kno...