“Payback is bitchy.” –Hiro Nakamura
Chris Dierkes
Chris Dierkes (aka CJ Smith). 29 years old, happily married, adroit purveyor and voracious student of all kinds of information, theories, methods of inquiry, and forms of practice. Studying to be a priest in the Anglican Church in Canada. Main interests: military theory, diplomacy, foreign affairs, medieval history, religion & politics (esp. Islam and Christianity), and political grand bargains of all shapes and sizes.
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25Slade: Colonialism refers to steady encroachment on Palestinian land. No. That's a good example of t…
on Of Amtrak, AI, and Arguing About Trains on the InterwebsI think of trains in the US (outside of mass transit like in nyc) as similar to the train I took in…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25"In that vein, Scott Alexander asks: What Happened To NAEP Scores?" I have a feeling this is like "l… on Of Amtrak, AI, and Arguing About Trains on the InterwebsOne of the things that occurs to me is that the kind of people who say they don't mind a two-day tra…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25Where's Israel going to go if not to the U.S.? on Of Amtrak, AI, and Arguing About Trains on the InterwebsRight? Intercity rail would be awesome. From Chicago, where I live, there are any number of cities I…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25Well, if we could have explored one of those dozens of effective alternatives, that might have been… on Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25Oh, you may have misread what the story said. It didn't say "the German scientists concluded that it…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25Have you considered the probability that what we knew in 2020 - in the midst of the pandemic - may n… on Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25What do you think that switch buys us other then a history free naive response next time that skips…
Movie of American Gent Worrying over European War
March 11, 2025
When the Friend Wife Leaves for a Week
March 10, 2025
Cement Heads for the Cement Show
March 8, 2025
Suppertime and the living is easy
March 7, 2025
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Nice. Hiro’s still the best.Report
Indeed he is. Too bad the rest of the show is such a disaster that I can’t even watch anymore.Report