Shades of the Cold War! Conservative pundits are asking a question straight out of the Reagan years, ” When are we going to get tough with Russia?” and ” Human Rights in Russia should be a top priority”. You would think I am back in 1980……wish I felt as genki
Continue readingFor those in Japan, here’s something really interesting
Here in Japan, every weekday at 12:20, they have a TV show on NHK called ???????Polite way to say, Its Noon!). Now the meat and the potatoes of the show is the kind of mundane panel discussions that are way too prevalent on Japanese TV in my humble opinion. (
Continue readingFor those in Japan, here's something really interesting
Here in Japan, every weekday at 12:20, they have a TV show on NHK called ???????Polite way to say, Its Noon!). Now the meat and the potatoes of the show is the kind of mundane panel discussions that are way too prevalent on Japanese TV in my humble opinion. (
Continue readingRecent pixs from the Singapore trip…..
Who could visit the Lion City without revisiting its past? So we went to Raffles. Skipped the Long Bar though…Beers are too expensive. Go across the street to Chijmes and have confession at Father Flanagan’s…a holy watering hole. Harumi in front of Raffles. Aw the majesty! The History! The prices!
Continue readingWhich is more important, democracy in the Middle East or progress for people?
JD Whitlock has made an excellent point about the march of democracy in the middle east. Citing a very good article in the New Republic . JD points out that democracy only matters in its effect on the future and how that future supports the interests of the United States.
Continue readingHunter S. Thompson dead!
Opened up my e-mail to find in the current edition of the Straits Times that Hunter S. Thompson is dead by his own hand. What’s up with that? Seems to me the guy must have either so whacked himself up with drugs, that he was terminally depressed OR he just
Continue readingObservations on America- Outside looking inside.
Long may she wave! As I pointed out earlier, I just got back from a week in the States, mostly for business , but I did take some time to go skiing up at Lake Tahoe. Since they have had the most snow in over 100 years, just could not
Continue readingBetter business practices? Or are we just robbing Peter to pay for Paul’s war?
There is an excellent article on the web site DefenseTech.Org that explains the way the “whackateers” who manage the DOD budget are mortgaging our future to pay for the war today. Namely by using supplemental appropriations and tying them to the ongoing wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations, the
Continue readingBetter business practices? Or are we just robbing Peter to pay for Paul's war?
There is an excellent article on the web site DefenseTech.Org that explains the way the “whackateers” who manage the DOD budget are mortgaging our future to pay for the war today. Namely by using supplemental appropriations and tying them to the ongoing wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations, the
Continue readingThe real reason American owned airlines are going bankrupt!
Its a rainy Sunday morning here in Tokyo and my body clock is still not readjusted. So time to post some observations from my recent trip back to the States. I flew United Airlines over and American back. Both ways I saw things that you just don’t see when you
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