tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post112058763556425807..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Karnick, Kahn, and Cold WarHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1120680091076684372005-07-06T16:01:00.000-04:002005-07-06T16:01:00.000-04:00Okay, now I'm smitten, too. This is simply terrib...Okay, now I'm smitten, too. This is simply terrible, Mrs. Hutchins.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1120676738608102692005-07-06T15:05:00.000-04:002005-07-06T15:05:00.000-04:00I also worked at the Hudson Institute for a couple...I also worked at the Hudson Institute for a couple of years, not nearly as long as Sam. When I was there Kahn had been dead for seven years, but there were still some staff that had known him, and his legend still loomed large over the place (I suppose nothing of Kahn's <B>could</B> loom other than largely.) Sylvia Nasar's otherwise flawed biography of John Nash, <I>A Beautiful Mind</I>, contains an intriguing portrait of the culture and personality of RAND, including Kahn. (I notice the article omits any discussion of John von Neumann, the father of game theory and another reputed element of the composite Dr. Strangelove character.) Kahn's strategic thinking is still of interest -- in fact, I've recently been rereading <I>On Escalation</I> and daydreaming of ways the Senate majority might use some of its insights to open a can of whup-ass on Harry Reid.<BR/><BR/>Trivia item: the Oxford English Dictionary credits Herman Kahn with the first use of the word "scenario" in its modern sense of 'prediction of a sequence of events.' (It was previously theatrical jargon.)Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1120600986569175142005-07-05T18:03:00.000-04:002005-07-05T18:03:00.000-04:00I agree too. When somebody is lauded as having a h...I agree too. When somebody is lauded as having a high IQ, alarms should go off in your head. It's not totally meaningless, but not useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1120593038990962802005-07-05T15:50:00.000-04:002005-07-05T15:50:00.000-04:00Me and my 98 agree.Me and my 98 agree.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1120589273312464972005-07-05T14:47:00.000-04:002005-07-05T14:47:00.000-04:00Well, that settles that!Well, that settles that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com