Posts Tagged ‘China’
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
A great letter on the situation at Penn State, from the former Paterno Chair.
This article, sent to me by several, argues that China will be a benevolent world power. I found it ludicrous. not only do I not think China will become a dominant world power (there are still massive areas of abject poverty and they are aging too fast); I find the historical analysis from this sinophile to be absurdly optimistic about what they would do with power.
Color photos of Nazi-occupied Poland.
Heart-rending notes pinned to abandoned babies.
This article, about Chris Christie and Bruce Springsteen, came out this summer. But I found it amusing and kind of touching.
This story, about the explosion of solitary confinement in this country, is a must-read.
I knew that music has sucked since the 1980′s (#1). #5 is one we explore in Music Theory class.
Tags: China, Chris Christie, History, Law and Order, Music, Penn State, Photography, Politics, Prison
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Yes, Virginia: the panic that China will dominate the world is bullshit.
Children’s drawings become real toys.
The invasion has begun.
And sometimes people don’t sue.
Tags: China, Cute Stuff, Demographics, Humor, Lawsuits
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