Senator Joe Biden says “I’m not the guy.” I believe him. I would like it to be Biden for two reasons — first, my preference is McCain over Obama and I think Biden presents a target-rich opportunity for Republicans to… Continue Reading
Apparently, Joe Lieberman will speak in praise of John McCain at the RNC in a few weeks. I suppose this means he won’t be one of the “cool kids” in the Democrats’ Senate caucus any more. Oh, wait, he’s only… Continue Reading
Rudy Giuliani will not be John McCain’s running mate. If that were still in the cards, Giuliani would not have been tapped to deliver the keynote speech at the RNC. This, by the way, is also a sop to the… Continue Reading
If you don’t remember the Tank Man, watch the video below. If you’re too young to remember the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, then you must watch the video. If you have managed to stumble on this blog from China,… Continue Reading
Hailed by some as a miracle of engineering, the Three Gorges Dam is the world’s largest hydro-electric power generator, which when it is fully operational will produce 22,500 megawatts of electricity — this is more than would be generated by… Continue Reading
Yesterday, California’s Supreme Court issued a decision that ordered a fertility clinic to make its artificial insemination services equally available to a lesbian as it did to a straight woman. This means that the lesbian will now be able to… Continue Reading
Rick Warren, the pastor of the Saddleback Church here in southern California, scored a huge hit for himself by hosting the “faith forum” which consisted of interviews of John McCain and Barack Obama over the weekend. Both candidates seemed to… Continue Reading
Traditionally, Chinese society takes a dim but not completely negative view of homosexuality. The begetting of children, particularly sons, is a duty of a good Chinese man; this is reinforced by Confucian and Taoist teachings. So traditional morality in China… Continue Reading
Senator Joe taking a trip to Georgia isn’t going to quiet it. Obama still needs to shore up his foreign policy credentials, and naming Biden as his running mate would be a really good way to do it. Despite some… Continue Reading
This week’s poll reveals a taxonomic problem — there is nothing resembling a consensus about what the “middle age” of one’s life might be. Some warn that as I look at age 40, middle age is staring me right in… Continue Reading