Month: April 2009
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Why Europeans disagree with Obama
From a NYT discussion about Obama at G20: Twelve reasons why Obama’s G20 quest will fail. A European perspective: 1. The historical economic nightmare of the U.S. is depression; the historical economic nightmare of Europe is hyperinflation. 2. Europeans are renters; they have not defaulted on their home loans and are not responsible for the…
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Why I haven’t been blogging
God, I have busy writing…too busy to post here. Most importantly, I have been working on my fiction project. Not as much progress as I hoped, but still a good amount. I have been posting a lot of comments on other’s people’s blogs. I know that seems like a waste of my time, but in…
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We need to compensate the Uighurs for ruining their lives
My comment on the NYT about the imprisonment of the Uighurs. William Glaberson and Margot Williams have written a news report about the problem, and the NYT contains a discussion about possible solutions. Why does the US government feel absolutely no sense of urgency in solving this problem? It’s hard for me to understand why…