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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Addicted to Denial
Few countries would want, as their national bird, an ostrich with its head firmly in the sand. Yet more and more countries would seem to qualify. In Brazil, this week’s elections pivoted in part on the devastating impact in Sao Paolo of … Continue reading
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Help Ebola victims
You don’t have to just panic about Ebola: you can help its victims in Africa and thus reduce its rate of spread. Here is an easy place to help: http://igg.me/p/community-response-to-ebola-in-sierra-leone/x/8912561 Join me in giving whatever you can to help.
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Drifting toward decline
I have just returned from a week visiting Hong Kong and Japan. What I found there was inspiring and somewhat hopeful in Hong Kong, but distressing in Japan. In Hong Kong — which in many ways represents China’s best hope … Continue reading
Hong Kong is NOT Tiananmen
Hong Kong’s protests present a major problem for China’s leadership in Beijing. This is not 1989, when China used its army and tanks to dispel student protests in Tiananmen Square. Both China and the world have changed; and Hong Kong … Continue reading
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