Epistemographer

The best summary I’ve seen of yesterday’s political events: Okay, students of the White House, what did we learn yesterday? 1) Senior administration officials can make remarks on a not-for-attribution basis to the press — but the White House can later decide to make the attribution public if it can help discredit said senior administration [...]

Just came across a photo I took after my last big brainstorming session with my advisor Ron about my dissertation (click it for a larger version): Essentially, I’ve written a several-hundred page version of what’s on that blackboard. To be frank, it’s quite possible that I could have made the argument more straightforwardly and succinctly [...]