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As I worked closely with President Bush, I would come to...
— Scott McClellan on GWB, as...
May 28th
To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them,...
— George Orwell, on...
May 28th
工合? I'm not so gung-ho.
Spent hours this afternoon with W going through possibilities for next year’s faculty. (It’s a mark...
May 27th
a mountain of molehills
Oops, HRC has done it again: common sense should dictate that “assassination” and...
May 25th
Learning to Speak Olympics
May 23rd
Mr. Candour?
Started to write not one, but two posts about the foibles of W and M respectively, thrown into...
May 23rd
Don’t try this at home kids! (Zhílì Governor’s...
May 22nd
Apotheosis of Premier 'Grandpa'
May 20th
Remembrence in 保定
Interesting day today. A few weeks ago, I was buttonholed by a certain Mr. Hu in our department and...
May 19th
Watch
Younger than McCain - The Song (Not for the orthodoxly PC. For the record, I don’t consider...
May 16th
八! 八! 八!
[This reached me as an e-mail forward. In a country where people pay a premium to avoid the number 4...
May 14th
the soft touch
Interesting to note that the CPC, so very ham-fisted all spring, appears to be handling the Sìchuān...
May 14th
Think Again: Peace Corps
May 13th
Annus Horribilus?
Speak of the devil. Here I was yesterday, ruminating mildly on earthquake-vulnerable brick...
May 12th
Chinese Tourists, Gǔwénhuà Jiē, Tiānjīn
May 11th
天津 (Tiānjīn)
Finally executed a long-standing notion of mine to visit Tiānjīn. Why? I dunno. “To see what I...
May 11th
The Ministry of Olympic Love?
May 4th
Gay War? No thanks!
A blue-sky day Sunday, so I went for a long walk. Headed straight out Chéngfǔ Lù to the Olympic...
May 4th
Li Yang Crazy English
May 3rd
Chinese Idioms of the Day: 画饼充饥 , 临渴掘井
Huàbǐngchōngjī: “allaying hunger with pictures of cakes.” Please discuss with reference...
Apr 30th