I'm still waiting for the scolding I "deserve," but it hasn't come. No response has come. I'm getting worried that I may find my name on a conference program in spite of my best efforts.

So, guy in the L.A. Times complains that the U.S. is insular in terms of culture. Ummm...duh? Any country that demands that all information about foreign countries be "relevant to policy" is going to be a bit isolated. Here's his little article. If you want to read it, but haven't registered and don't want to, let me know and I'll e-mail it to you. You could screw up the paper's demographics, though. They think that I'm seventy, mega-rich, and living in Burundi. -Zh.