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The Bond Martini
We all know that James Bond drinks his martinis "shaken, not stirred." In the first Bond novel by Ian Fleming, we are actually given directions for making a very large martini, which Bond invents and...
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The Topsy-Turvy World: Witches and Spies
In Part II, Question 2 of the Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of the Witches), the 15th century witch hunter's manual, the authors ask:Is it lawful to remove witchcraft by means of further witchcraft,...
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The Topsy-Turvy World: Spy Versus Spy
Ian Fleming's spy novels are often compared to John Le Carré's. The comparisons often find James Bond to be wanting. In contrast to the emotional richness of Le Carré's internally conflicted heroes,...
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In my late teens, I went through a period of wanting to be a diplomat for the State Department. The prospect of traveling, learning languages, and being an actor in world history appealed to me. My...
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PRISM, Xbox One Kinect, Privacy and Semantics
It’s interesting that at one time getting people to keep quiet was a priority for the government. During World War II the government promoted a major advertising campaign to remind people that “loose...
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