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The Washington Post: A Wikipedia Of Secrets

By Frank Ahrens Sunday, November 5, 2006; Page F07 “Imagine if, in August 2001, the U.S. intelligence agencies had dumped all of their information into one secure, online resource where it was...

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Milton Friedman Lost Witness on Russia’s Plagiarism Files

“SAN FRANCISCO — Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who advocated an unfettered free market and had the ear of three U.S. presidents, died Thursday at age 94.” Questions Friedman might...

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The Right Way to Manage U.S. Attorneys

“The actions of an appointed U.S. attorney must be totally off-limits to questions from the White House or anyone in Congress.” from Abbe David Lowell Saturday, March 10, 2007; Page A19. A discussion...

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WaPo: “Russia Seeks More Control At Academy Of Sciences”

=Original WaPo Article: “Russia Seeks More Control At Academy Of Sciences” By Peter Finn Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, March 13, 2007; Page A01 “MOSCOW — The historic autonomy of the Russian...

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Evidence in relation to whether Stanley Fischer committed plagiarism in his...

This post is draft and preliminary on the topic of whether Stanley Fischer committed plagiarism in his Ph.D. thesis “Essays on assets and contingent commodities.” at MIT in 1969.  Paul Samuelson,...

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LTCM traded Russian government bonds in 1990s using this info

This post considers the hypothesis that Long Term Capital Management (LTCM) traded Russian government bonds knowing that Russia had leverage over Stanley Fischer and Larry Summers....

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