What a wonderful culture and people to support: “Masked gunmen from an Islamist group torched a UN-run summer camp for children and teens in Gaza on Sunday, Army Radio reported, the top UN aid official in Gaza said.” “During the past month alone, five Gazans have been executed with formal sanction from the Strip’s Hamas […]
READ MORENixon and the Jews
This is a chilling audio recording of Nixon asking for Haldeman to see what he can do about the Jews and how “disloyal” the “bastards” were. Nixon audio tape
READ MOREUnion power in California
This is an excellent article explaining how California got into so much trouble and how unions and pension problems are the chief cause of the problems. Must read: California unions
READ MOREOn a Knife’s Edge
“The Greek tragedy of being unable to pay for the debt built up during the years of unprecedented low yields reads across to the rest of our governments all too well. The fact is most of us are living on the same knife edge.” Read here: Greece is not that different
READ MOREEnglish Court and Israel
I’m honestly stunned by this. A court in Britain issued an arrest warrant against former foriegn minister Tzipi Livni? What jurisidiction do they have? How is this possible? I am totally stunned by this. Here is the link: Tzipi Livni Arrest Warrant
READ MOREIs China like Dubai?
Wow. Must read editorial by Edward Chancellor on the parallels between China and Dubai. Here is the best part: Dubai’s ambitions weren’t merely domestic. Dubai World and its subsidiaries, with their assumed government backing, went on a debt-fuelled global buying binge. Dubai’s economy expanded rapidly in the boom. But much of this growth came from […]
READ MOREThe Demographic Implications of China’s One Child Policy
“But social experiments always have unintended consequences. In the case of China’s One Child Policy, these consequences are now becoming evident, and are no less breathtaking in scale than the dreams entertained by the coercive visionaries in Beijing who set this scheme in motion. Inexorably—and by now inescapably—a host of new and unfamiliar demographic problems […]
READ MOREObama Responds to Cuban Blogger
While I just knocked the President for his shirking the moral high ground in China, I do commend him for responding to Cuban blogger, Yoani Sánchez. Ms. Sanchez has been highlighting how tough and bad life is in Cuba and she recently got beat up by Cuban security people for it. Good for the President, […]
READ MOREHuman Rights, A Contrast
President Barack Obama recently went to China. The New York Times wrote an article on how he skirted Chinese sensibilities especially on human rights issues. Here is a snippet: Whether by White House design or Chinese insistence, President Obama has steered clear of public meetings with Chinese liberals, free press advocates and even average Chinese […]
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Enjoy this wonderful blog post from the New York Times by Maira Kalman about Thomas Jefferson. Really wonderful. Kalman on Jefferson
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