Frank Cogliano

I've shared it before but couldn't let the anniversary pass without sharing it again.

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. Here is a marginal note in the first edition made by a student regarding the manufacturer of iron pots: "Very good indeed we should na want Pots to make our porridge in." It's in the (UoE Library.)

The latest Trump-Starmer contretemps has given me an idea for a book, so that's something ...

“Iran is a nation of people, not a video game others play to entertain us”

Archbishop of Chicago pens a letter criticizing the White House for its hype videos.

www.archchicago.org/en/statement...

Wrote a referee's report for a tier-one journal. No acknowledgement, let alone a thank you. Unpaid labor keeps peer-review afloat. Don't ask me again.

If I didn't think he was a cognitively impaired narcissist I'd almost believe the president keeps insulting Starmer in order to buoy his sagging fortunes. Nothing is more certain to engender support than being attacked by Trump.

As a dual national, American Frank is going to to look in the mirror and apologize/apologise to British Frank.

I was a few minutes late for a meeting in 1992, soon after arriving in the UK. An English colleague said, "Typical American. 1917, 1941. Always the last to arrive."

That was a great game between Korea and Japan in the #WorldBaseballClassic.

If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.

*you're insane. (Another ironclad law: never autocorrect your/you're incorrectly or the Internet will never forgive you!)

😂 It is not, though it does complement the university tartan.

Just realized I'm violating [James] Smith's Law: "Never wear more than two university-branded items or people will think your insane." I've got to lose the scarf or the lapel pin. What say you @sobukwescozia.bsky.social?

I, who doesn't drink coffee and can't eat donuts, always feel a surge of pride and think "That's my consulate," when I see a Dunkin' outside of New England.

New England flirted with secession in 1814. This might put it over the line.

A Secretary of Defense should approach their responsibilities (and power) with humility.

Hegseth's delight in the deaths of other human beings is obscene.

Hegseth: "Death & destruction from the sky all day. We're playing for keeps. Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by POTUS & yours truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise designed to unleash American power, not shackle it ... we are punching them while they are down"

You're not exactly FDR.

Who's going to tell Pam Bondi?

Rogue Republican Thom Tillis absolutely cooks Kristi Noem on her inability to manage FEMA: "No. You can talk when my 10 minutes are done."

This is why I always travel with my UK passport. Sad to say I've got more faith in the Foreign Office than the State Department should things go pear shaped.

A student who lives near us has been flying the Stars and Stripes since the war began over the weekend.

Normally I prefer Vermont to Canadian maple syrup, but these are unusual times and resistance takes many forms.

A neighbor suggested we ought to celebrate the Chinese new Year. One thing led to another and tonight c. 30 of us from at least eight countries (mainly Scotland and China) got together for lots of food and laughs. 2/

Let me tell you about where we live. Several years ago we created a WhatsApp group for our block of flats. It's mostly concerned with parking, recycling, etc (sometimes comically so). It's grown into a community. Case in point: on Hogmanay folk exchanged good wishes for the new year. 1/

The simpler explanation isn't the U.S. men's hockey team are pawns allowing themselves to be used for Trump photo ops, it's that they're Trump supporters.

Too soon? Don't worry, when it's still 49 here in June you'll be sitting pretty!