I did catch some of the closing ceremony. Just as China seems to have forged a new kind of communism, it seems to have forged a new kind of communist artistic style. Before, the only style allowed in Marxist regimes was socialist realism. Now we
I did catch some of the closing ceremony. Just as China seems to have forged a new kind of communism, it seems to have forged a new kind of communist artistic style. Before, the only style allowed in Marxist regimes was socialist realism. Now we
Here is an incomplete, sometimes tongue-in-cheek list of highs and lows at the Beijing Olympics. Do you have any final thoughts as they pass into history?
So, Barack Obama has picked Senator Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate. Thoughts? I’d like to hear from both fans and foes of Obama. (A rare Saturday post)
Maybe there is something to the Mowgli/Romulus/Remus legend. SeeFemale dog rescues abandoned baby, takes child with her puppies: A female dog found an abandoned newborn baby girl early Thursday and took the child home with her puppies in a poor suburb of the Argentine city
Update to our discussion about whether the Chinese gymnasts are really 16, as the rules require: International Olympic Committee launches probe into He Kexin’s age. Can you imagine China’s response if the committee strips those little girls of their medals? The loss of face? The
Here is a fascinating article on how cultural–and I would say political–differences show up in sports, how unlike the exuberant Usain Bolt, Chinese athletes hardly ever celebrate expressively when they win, but rather keep up the Communist practice of self-criticism. And how the Chinese consider
Last year, the Egyptian scholar Saad Eddin Ibrahim published a column in the Washington Post criticizing Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak. For doing so, the 69-year-old was condemned to two years of hard labor. He faces 20 more charges, some of which would bring on the
The Bigfoot hoaxers explain, saying it was just a joke that got out of hand and blaming their promoter who rushed them into a news conference. What was in the freezer was actually a Bigfoot COSTUME bought on the internet. Here is a photo of
Russia warns of response to US missile shield: Russia says its response to the further development of a U.S. missile shield in Poland will go beyond diplomacy. Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying the U.S. missile shield plans are clearly aimed at weakening Russia.
A bunch of college presidents want to lower the drinking age. One can make that case, but why would college presidents make it? Drinking and underage drinking are huge problems on college campuses, part of the climate of debauchery that rules at most of our
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