The George W Bush Administration was often unrepentant about its vision of American exceptionalism. Power ultimately lay at the root of this argument – America could, and would, do what it damn well liked, even though it expected others to obey its dictates. This vision of America in the world continues to exert a powerful [...] Read more »

Just to be clear, I’m a big fan of the Large Hadron Collider. It’s the European particle accelerator which studies basic questions in fundamental physics, and which recently underwent an upgrade which allows it to cross territory never before attempted. From the BBC: Professor Ellis added that as the luminosity increases, one of the things [...] Read more »