Andrew WK: How He Almost Became the US Cultural Ambassador to the Middle East
Andrew WK is a rock star, composer, motivational speaker, Taco Bell enthusiast, television host, inventor and (very) part-time painter based in NYC. Andrew was a student of mine (I gave him an A- and...
View ArticleToday’s Readings 1/18/2013
Happy Friday all! Ten readings for today. What are y’all checking out? Japan is likely so addicted to deflation that their economy will depressed for the long haul. Inflation is a necessity,...
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Timeline of the Saharan Crisis (NYT) To little fanfare, the United States recognizes the Goverment of Somalia for the first time since 1991. (NYT) The free market at work: Cerberus is having trouble...
View ArticleDoes Economic Growth Create Democratic Societies?
I’m in a development mood right now, having had a conversation with someone over whether the American democratic model is portable to other cultures. Let me ramble on about democracy and development...
View ArticleKenya Day 2
Lady cooking dinner under election postersThis time I got to ride over from Nairobi to Lake Victoria instead of having to take the plane. In the end, it takes just as much time and is fraught with...
View ArticleThe Invasion of Iraq Began 10 Years Ago
The ending to Vietnam was easy to recognize. We have the iconic pictures of the last helicopter on it’s way out to freedom to prove it. The end of WWII came with capitulations from Japan and Germany...
View ArticleConflict in Africa Getting Worse: A Good Sign?
Conflict events in Africa, 2012Now that the intellectual chaos of PhD defending is over, perhaps now I’ll be able to put together some meaningful sentences. I started my newfound state of semi-freedom...
View ArticleSeptember 11, 2001: I just don’t get it.
I don’t get 9/11. That’s not to say I don’t understand much of the events that led up to it, the how and why it happened. I simply don’t understand the sentimental patriotic uproar that followed. I was...
View ArticleRemembering Rwanda and Thinking of Syria
In 1994, over the course of 100 days, members of the Hutu tribe waged a coordinated campaign to slaughter all of the Tutsi tribe within the borders of Rwanda. Nobody really knows how many people...
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