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Archive for October, 2006

Nice China Travel Blog

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Several months ago Denis Lavoie stumbled accross some of my posts about China. He was looking for advice about organizing a trip there for the University of Washington business school, so we talked by phone and I put him in touch with a couple of contacts I have there.
Since then he’s done the trip and […]

Spinning the NIE

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Over three years ago, just before the start of the Iraq war, the Onion nailed it:
Is our arrogance and hubris so great that we actually believe that a U.S. provisional military regime will be welcomed with open arms by the Iraqi people? Democracy cannot possibly thrive under coercion. To take over a country and impose […]