Two months ago I called attention to Selig Harrison’s claim in a New York Times op-ed that 7,000 Chinese soldiers had been stationed in Gilgit-Balochistan, the Pakistani-controlled section of Kashmir. This week the Pakistani branch of the International Herald Tribune, the Express Tribune, published a forceful riposte to Mr. Harrison’s claims: The Great Media Game […]
A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. THE REPUBLIC Taxes and Presidential Math Veronique de Rugy. The American. 5 October 2010. Mr. de Rugy presents the best graphic of the month: Tip of the Hat to John Kranz of ThreeSources. Social Cohesion and the Bohemian Grove: the Power Elite at Summer Camp […]
In the course of my internet wanderings I came across two very interesting syllabuses. The first was for a Harvard research seminar titled “Chinese Strategic Thought.” The second was for a MIT class named “Chinese Foreign Policy: International Relations and Strategy.” In essence, both classes serve as introduction to the Chinese strategic tradition. As I […]
It should be this one. Read it. Then pass it on to every American you know who might possibly give a wit. And then pass it on to all those you know who obviously do not. In this Republic tyranny should not be stood for.
I came across the website Five Books today. The gist is this: every day the website interviews one politician, scholar, or pundit by asking them to pick the best five books on their self-selected “specialty subject” and explain why these five books ought to be read by the broader public and how these books influenced […]
This month Slate has published an unusually thoughtful series on America’s rising income inequality. The series comes in ten segments, all penned by Slate columnist Timothy North. The Great Divergence: Trying to Understanding America’s Income Inequality I recommend the series to my readers without reservation, and note that Mr. North’s sections on the United State’s […]
From an Associated Press wire: Mexico: Mob Beats to Death Suspected Kidnappers CBS News. 22 September 2010. CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Mexican authorities say a mob has beaten two alleged kidnappers to death in the northern border state of Chihuahua. Chihuahua state prosecutors’ spokesman Arturo Sandoval says dozens of angry people in the town of […]
It does not matter who you are or where you come from. In America, if you study long enough and work hard enough you can become anything. Every American child has heard this story. It is a shame it is not true. Earlier this year the OECD published a report on the various economic policies […]
…but then I found my way to the Financial Times. Within a day of the story breaking they have published ten quality articles on the subject and collected them all into one “FT in Depth” special feature. Consider me impressed. I had planned on writing a post concerning the intervention’s relationship to Japan’s internal politics […]
TIME Announces New Version Of Magazine Aimed At Adults This applies equally to Newsweek.