No Chat Policy

We appreciate your interest in the items posted here. We regard this space as an international break room of sorts, some place you can come and pick up whatever is on the coffee table while you put up your feet, things you might not otherwise have seen,(because you were flying or working on something or were just asleep on a jet somewhere over the North Atlantic when the story broke).

Unfortunately, we cannot afford to be candid with people we do not know personally and have not known for many years and had an on-going interaction with for an extended period of time. . .you know, they are a known quantity. . .therefore, we respectfully decline your offers to chat and wish you well in your rummaging for information on what it means to be a citizen of the world. . .in an era of electronic surveillance. Best wishes, us.