A quick note--

I'll be in Chicago from this afternoon to next Monday afternoon-- anyone needing to reach me should call my cell phone. I won't be able to check email.

Thanks.

Here's an interesting human-scale view of Azerbaijan:

Frontierland: Azerbaijan has a rich multi-ethnic history, decrepit Soviet-Era achitecture, great food, and enormous quantities of oil. Gary Shteyngart takes in the surreal contrasts of the wild east.

From www.travelandleisure.com on September 2005.

This is a cute piece of marketing I picked up at the APSA conference from the Princeton University Press booth. It's the front of a button to promote their publication of "On Bullshit," a book by Harry G. Frankfurt.