FBI arrests 10 accused of working as Russian spies. Instead of targeting the government, though, they targeted private institutions, such as think tanks, as a way to get an inside look at American policy. I wonder if there is a mole in the Heritage Foundation or if the Russians have infiltrated the more liberal Brookings Institute. (Would they be more interested in conservative or liberal think tanks?)
But what I’m thinking is that the Russians have assigned a spy to the Cranach Institute, which is a think tank devoted to Christianity and culture, with a special emphasis on the doctrine of vocation. Like other think tanks, we have sponsored conferences and research. That means that we must have a spy on this blog!
How else can we explain the range of perspectives here and the continually-surprising diversity of the people who comment here? We’ve got atheists, gnostics, playwrights, artists, economists, musicians, gays, liberals, conservatives, and you name it reading this blog and taking part in productive discussions. I throw out a topic, no matter how obscure–theoretical physics, archaeology, high end mathematics–and a bunch of bona fide experts weigh in and start arguing with each other. How could that be unless we are being monitored? How could that be without some kind of post-communist plot?
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