"Gorbachev insisted on signing away the Soviet Union's 'Four Power Rights and Responsibilities' and returning Germany to full and complete sovereignty, not in the Kremlin but in a Moscow hotel. That is how forty-five years of Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe ended -- in the lobby of a hotel." - Condoleezza Rice
Thinking of intelligent things to say about Goldman Sachs vs the government. Also pondering the remarkable effects of the volcano in Iceland, and why it should remind us to take care of existential risks. Stay tuned for more.