Posted 5:00 PM by Marco (0) comments

Maybe France belongs not in the Alliance of Weasels after all. France now has an estimated $4 billion in debts owed to it by Iraq as a result of arms sales and infrastructure construction projects. It would be a start if the future Iraqi government repudiates those debts.

Posted 9:53 AM by Marco (0) comments

I might complain about bias at the New York Times, but based on this obituary for Stalin, I would have had even more cause to complain fifty years ago today.

Posted 5:09 PM by Marco (0) comments

It might be easier to pass this test of Emotional Intelligence on the web than it would be in real life. The right answer on the test is often obvious, but not in the heat of the moment.

Posted 3:12 PM by Marco (0) comments

Last year Craig Wilson decided, after a day at Johns Hopkins, that he "was the dumbest of all humans compared with today's college student." What he did not know was that all the throats were hoping that he would matriculate, so they will look better against the curve.

Posted 3:11 PM by Marco (0) comments

Today is Ash Wednesday, without which Mardi Gras would have no meaning.

Posted 8:45 AM by Marco (0) comments

Kip Viscusi, my old professor (now enduring March in Cambridge, and undoubtedly missing Durham) gets mentioned in this quintessential example of thinking like an economist.

Posted 5:34 PM by Marco (0) comments

Commuting must be easier in Ireland.

Posted 3:37 PM by Marco (0) comments

Mario Perillo, my almost-namesake, died today. Think of him if you are planning a tour of Italy.

Posted 9:00 AM by Marco (0) comments

It is a shame it was too snowy and chilly, because we missed the season opener, as the Blue Jays beat Princeton. The Sun had ranked Princeton number one, but Johns Hopkins held on to their early lead for a 10-8 victory. With this victory, the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team ascended to the number one ranking in this week's STX/USILA National Rankings. Still, it is only March, and May is a long way off.