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If You're in the Boston Area Tonight....
.... the Dreaming in Chinese world tour has its next stop at the Harvard Book Store, in Cambridge, at 7pm. Details here. The author will certainly be there. All other work circumstances in DC going...
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Placeholder on Civil-Military Relations
Several days ago I mentioned SecDef Robert Gates's important speech about the widening gap between the "narrow sliver" of Americans who have anything personally at stake in the country's ongoing wars,...
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More on O'Donnell and the Chinese Peril
I mentioned recently Christine O'Donnell's claim to have secret documents exposing China's master plan to take over America -- and the nice little touch that she delivered this accusation to her...
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Nobel Prize for 刘晓波, Liu Xiaobo
Unfortunately this is likely to be last time for the next 12 hours or so that I will be near a computer. So for the moment this is yet another placeholder to note that the award of the Nobel Peace...
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More on 刘晓波 / Liu Xiaobo
Twelve hours away from computers, as mentioned earlier, turned out to be 72 hours. Here is a selection of reactions worth noticing on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo.1) General...
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If You're Going to be in Austin This Weekend...
... well, congratulations! We lived there for a total of four years during and after my wife's time as a U of Texas doctoral student in linguistics, and like all former residents have memories that are...
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More on Existential Threats
Have been out of internet-action for much of the past two weeks. Thus a number of threads to pick up again, from "whiny law professor" (yes, there's much more in store), to the nature of Islamophobia...
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Back to the Whiny Law Professor!
So much has come in, knitting the various themes of: self-pity among the rich; the elements of mutual social connection (tax, public service); how a country looks from outside; what constitutes...
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DADT Implications: Return of ROTC, Broadening the 'Sliver'
In the short run, we don't know what will happen in the wake of yesterday's ruling striking down "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." In the long run, as previously argued here, it is (to me) absolutely obvious...
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Kicking Off a China Discussion: "Land of Saint Louis"
In the next day or two, will try to cover several evolving issues in China: the RMB controversy, repercussions from the Nobel prize, and latest news about its military.For the moment, a set of links,...
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Why Christine O'Donnell Could Be More Dangerous Than Sarah Palin
Because she has the idiot bravado of the talk show regular.I write this 2/3rds of the way into her "debate" with Chris Coons in Newark, Delaware.*Sarah Palin was wounded by Katie Couric and Charlie...
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The Changing World Geography of Spam
I've mentioned several times before -- eg here, here, and here -- the miracle of having nearly all the spam in my Gmail account show up in Russian, Cyrillic alphabet and all.Now, it's Portugal's turn!...
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Now This Is What I Call a Passion for Aviation
A man in Kenya, who says he has no engineering experience but had a "boyhood interest" in aviation, has built a plane in his yard. He plans a test flight next week.Seriously, this is a very touching...
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On the RMB
Last night I complained about Chris Coons's habit, in his televised Delaware "debate" with Christine O'Donnell, of beginning most of his responses with, "there's too much here to respond to." But that...
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There Is Only So Much I Will Do for the Atlantic
I watched the O'Donnell-Coons Delaware "debate" last night.I started watching the Harry Reid - Sharron Angle Nevada version tonight. After the opening statements, I realize: I am not that brave. Where...
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DVD Tip: 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money'
When I wasn't watching the Harry Reid-Sharron Angle clash of the titans last night, and while I certainly did have a beer in hand (a new-to-me, and interesting Sam Adams "seasonal" -- Latitude 48 IPA),...
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The Other Shoe Drops (sort of) on the 人民币
(For those following at home, 人民币 = ren min bi = "people's money" = Chinese currency.)Today the Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, once again postponed a determination of whether the Chinese...
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Poor Little (Rich) Japan
This summer my wife and I went back to the suburban neighborhood outside Tokyo where we'd lived and sent our children to (Japanese) public school during the late 1980s. Its name was Utsukushigaoka,...
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China and International "Rules": Self-Interested? Or Malign?
I mentioned on Friday that I thought the US Government's mixed message about trade relations with China was actually a sensible balance, as opposed to a mish-mash or an internal contradiction. Treasury...
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Chris Cooley: How It Sounds When You Get 'Concussed'
The Redskins' tight end Chris Cooley has been one of the few bright spots for those who've been interested in the team during the deplorable Dan Snyder era. He's good at his job, he's funny and...
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