Libertarian Health Care
November, 2012 and updated Personal responsibility and preservation of power .. This was written just before and after the birth of our son, and was my take on the medical system. I could not vouch personally for more than a few hospitals, perhaps six to eight, but stories from over the years, …
No Way Out from the Middle Kingdom
You remember the movie, with Kevin Kostner as the exemplary US Navy officer-special assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Gene Hackman). The plot twists around search for a purported Russian spy in the US, codenamed Yuri, who has been able to infiltrate the Navy at the highest levels. Following several …
Performative Declamation
people talking without speaking …note: I am reminded that this needs more than a little editing and a bit of shortening. Ok. You may skim rather than read. And I am now reminded of how GOP apparatchiks fall into line when defending the latest from their current dear leader. Another …
Intimidation Knows No Boundaries
This direct threat to a New Zealand academic – her office and home invaded – is part of the intimidation pattern – transition from hard power to soft power to sharp power. CCP is always watching. In this case, Anne Marie Brady has studied Chinese politics, and recently wrote a …
Shibboleth
October 2007 and Spring, 2015 The first time was in 2007, in Dalian, one of my favorite cities.One of my students – government officials from China – was showing me her hometown, and we were late night driving from Dalian to our next stop that would take me to the airport …
