The writing of Sebastian Mallaby reminds me the writing of Henry Liu. They are talking about the same thing but starting from different point of origin. This is a strange coincident.
They both want the Chinese spend more money on their own people in the form of social safety net for the people and spend more [...]
The problem with fighting a people war is famous around the world. The US spin machine would lead you to believe that the “surge” in Iraq is working out perfectly. The story of the Soviet in Afghanistan by Gregory Feiger would conclude the otherwise.
The “Vietnam War” and all other people wars are evidence of [...]
What is the feeling and impression taken away from reading the first chapter on the Russian involvement in the overthrowing of a pro Russian government in Afghanistan? Is it really as meaningless as the author would like the readers believe? Or it is a matter of ignoring the fact and focus on more important lesson [...]
The radio on the Iphone is not making connection today. Why?
Grisham was on Charles Rose Show last night while hawking new book on Barnes and Nobles. He was a trial lawyer before start writing his first novel about murder cases coming across every day on the court.
He has a very strong feeling against [...]
David Grossman has another piece on Haaretz and it is all about the Israeli Palestinian conflict and the potential consequence of destroy both like a pair of fox with entangled tail on fire. He is a novelist and a peace activist.
…“The talk of the understanding born of the recent horror we have seen, that the [...]
Stephen Baker is the author of the book entitled “The Numerati”.
He was on the Free Library of Philadelphia hawking his book. The talk seems to be very interesting when the author mentions that this is the works of all the scientist and mathematicians in the field and within [...]
This is a biggest competing plan of the health care industry, is it? Tom Daschle, Newt Ginrich all have their plan for the health care system. They are salesmen of their own version of the plan.
No one has the gall to offend the insurance industry and the medical industry. They would claim no one [...]
Listening to CSPAN Washington Journal program is another way to compensate the missing of DR show on the radio spectrum in this area.
Watching the David Sirota talk on the program reminds me the fact that I was deeply influenced by what I listen and come across on the media. So that is how the [...]
Tim Giether’s nomination hearing is interesting. The people would not pay any attention to this kind of event as usual. Only CSPAN would broadcast this proceeding. This is a political witch hunt or a shameless praise of the man is a matter of opinion, because they both take place in the hearing.
His so-called mistake of [...]
I find the article below interesting amid the hullah of new US president sworn in ceremony yesterday.
The Peaceful Transfer of Violent Power
By SHELDON RICHMAN
At the risk of raining on the parade, I suggest that the inaugural festivities were not what they appeared. Barack Obama says the pomp and circumstance were not about him [...]
Good day with sunshine. No snow accumulation in Richmond, VA. It was predicted yesterday it would be snow furry in NC area. This is unsually that the southern part of a state would have snow before the Northern part.
Today is the Obama Inauguration day. There are throng of people in DC area just to celebrate [...]
Last night I come across a report of JP Morgan and many other investors thinking to lease a tanker to store crude oil as a way to speculate the rising price of the future crude oil. This is based on the projection that OPEC will cut back its output in the near future.
Frontline is the [...]
The driving was not that terrible after all. This is bliss from Duke’s home town Durham all the way to Salisbury. The bottle neck seems to be in the Concord area of the I85, especially the direction getting out of Charlotte. It takes the usual 4.5 hours to finish the trip from Charlotte to Richmond.
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The impression I have about the downtown scene of Richmond from I95 is that it is well lit on the Interstate and the downtown is right in front of one’s eyes. This is a strange feeling that I had never come across when driving by I77 and I85 of Charlotte area. It is because they [...]
Today’s activity is very boring because of the skill of Star point team’s is below standard. This is nothing new to me. People with education background are terrible in doing public speech. They just don’t have the skill set required to do the job. The training that they received is a joke.
This is the standard [...]
Today experience is a pleasant surprise. There it goes. I get an stab of working on DM with PM. I take the chance right away and lock in the position. Now I’m wondering what this position entails as responsibility? This is a “the devil in the detail,” “getting what you wish may turn out to [...]
I was reading an article written by a physicist who specialty is to do weapon testing. This sentiment reflects in the article is very real. This is the feeling of out of control that strikes me the most. This is the reality of scientific world.
All the hypes on scientific education and research are just [...]
The reading of De Gaulle first recognition of China reminds me the FT reading I did last night. The professor recounting of many old Chinese scholar have a keen sentiment toward the parliament system of the West Taipin rebellion was in full swing. This is such hogwash and a form of so-called “ingratiating oneself [...]
The cold spell is still not over yet in Richmond. It is because the city is so close to the coast line, there is no mountain in between to block all the cold air from the sea and from Canada.
This is the reason why people feel like sleepy all the time as a way to [...]
The margin of this page is not lining up correctly at the bottom of the page. I have not figured out what is wrong with the codes of the blogging software yet
Last night’s view of the CR show had Joseph Stiglitz and Martin Feldstein on. They both confirmed the fact that economy is in recession. The unemployment rate is high and the industry output is low.
The problem seems to be lied in the hand of mismanagement of the Treasury department bailout plan. The Fed low interest [...]
The problem with log on to secured website has been solved after one day. This is a problem of the website or the problem with the router for the wireless network set up with Apple Iphone.
I am glad the whole thing is over by now.
I was getting an opportunity to reread the [...]
The prospect of more lay off is nothing new. The finance mirage that is a red herring of the hollowing out of the real economy is nothing new to me. Japanese is taking the same approach as US so does the Taiwanese economy that is relying on US market and master. Korean is not much [...]
Last night Nova program on PBS has a good show on. It is about the Mars exploration. The media like to tell you have great the program is and what kind of accomplishment that the program had achieved. But they have not told the public that the program of exploring the Mars had failed [...]
Jan 3rd 2009.
The scene is so boring….. I have so many things in my mind. An inspection on the apartment finds several things that are not up to specifications.
There is no talk show is what gets into me. There is nothing else going on. Where is the downtown activity? Mall [...]
The Teaching of Lieu Fan master about vegetarian practice based on the notion of reincarnation is sounding outrageous to me. The eating of animal meat is similar to eating human flesh. It is because of the reincarnation principle says that people after death reincarnates to be animals such as ox, goat, sheep, chicken, dog, etc. [...]
