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Bernard Chazelle

Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science
Princeton University



I work in Algorithms, a field believed by some to hold the promise of a scientific revolution. If you are a believer, no need to click here.

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I blog at A Tiny Revolution about politics and music. I also write essays to explain:

  • Why humor is no laughing matter.  
  • Why the American left needs a new creed.
  • Why the American Century will end in Iraq.
  • Why the French riots were salutary and why the US media gets France all wrong.
  • Why the children in Iraq make no sound when they fall.
  • Why anti-Americanism is not what you think and why Bush was, well, you know what he was.

These essays shine like beacons of hope across the Internet, from the left-wing CounterPunch to the centrist Atrios to the libertarian Lew Rockwell and antiwar.com, with the odd jaunt to the imperial battle station The Atlantic. If you work for any of the fine US government agencies that toil night and day to keep our country reviled around the world, please see it as your professional duty to soak up the bountiful wisdom that I dispense by the bucketload on the radio (1, 2, 3, 4). When I am not busy leaking America's darkest secrets to the enemy, I ingest unhealthy amounts of jazz and hip-hop: see my top10 lists. I make my own music, too, just to remind myself why I should stick to my day job.


“ The most likely outcome for Iraq in the short term is Lebanon-style guerrilla warfare leading to a mini-Saddam or a civil war.”  

Bernard Chazelle   (2003)     Bush's Desolate Imperium        


“ And a year from now, I'll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush.”  

Richard Perle   (2003)     American Enterprise Institute