You've probably heard the old joke about university faculty politics. Question: "Why are academic politics so vicious? Answer: "Because the stakes are so low."It's funny, to be sure, but anybody who really believes that the most vicious kind of politics is to be found in university faculty clubs should be following the story that will be unfolding this Friday at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Here's a link to the story, "Defense Firms Strafe Each Other," by Bennett Roth in today's Roll Call.
Pictured above is the KC-135 refueling tanker, a vestige of the Eisenhower era that is due to be replaced by either Boeing or the European Aeronautic and Space Company, the owner of Airbus.
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