What causes my furniture to get so dusty? I constantly wipe it down and vacuum, but I feel like it is to no avail. Is there a better defense?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Here are a few ideas …

Keep powerful fans going all the time to keep it from settling.

Hermetically seal your house and [...]

At the Supreme Court, there are armed guards in suits with ear pieces that clearly are the protective force for the Supreme Court. What service are they from?

My friend says the Secret Service, but I think that might violate the principle of separation of powers. I thought maybe the US Marshall service, but does [...]

I need a carrel, but there aren’t any left! Can you give me one? I’ll bake you cookies.

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: I hope you’ve gotten on the waiting list at the Circulation Desk (they’re the ones who manage these things). They won’t even give me the keys to the carrels (except for the one where [...]

How many years do you think it will take for the new Bostock layout/furniture/carpet/lighting to look outdated and retro? Five years? Ten years? Twenty?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Hmmm … I don’t think I’m allowed to say. We’ve waited nearly 40 years on the Perkins building, but it was ready to change long before that, probably [...]

What universities in London, UK offer Masters of Public Administration degrees?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Here are a few:

London School of Economics and Political Science:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/government/MPA/ (there are other variations on Public Policy degrees, so poke around their website)

London South Bank University: http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/bcim/progs/management/

University of Westminster (MA in Public Communications and Public Relations): [...]