I really shouldn’t be weighing in on this for a couple of reasons (there probably are more than a couple), but things have been kind of quiet around here and…
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There is a curious contrast between the macho, muscular martial grimacing images that are usually trotted out to promote and recruit for the military branches and in fictional representations of…
As I was sharing pizza with my former students in Hong Kong this past April not far down the street from my flat two demonstrations were taking place: and Occupy…
A month ago I posted the first part of this subject and expected to be writing a quite different second part. But sometimes your mind wanders off in a different…
It is now almost ten years since I posted “Are You Terrorized Yet?” in these pages. I went back to look at it because I think I might be closer…
And I am writing this to clear up any confusion on the matter. Why? You wonder, as clearly you can quickly discern that James A. Clapp (see below) is far…
Your Big Brother Government’s Brother Just when you thought it was safe to check out that porn site, or if you are just curious that there are formulas for making…
In 2004 I was giving lectures on the subject of American public administration for the California State University system to four universities in Beijing. Supposedly, they wanted their students to…
One aspect of the rationale for Donald Trump’s ramped up the trade war with the PRC is that the Chinese re deceitful thieves (see, it takes one to know one)…
We observe in the news with some frequency heart-lifting acts that are arguably inspired by pure altruism.* These are usually situations that are highly localized and dramatic. We see first…