Our annual Thanksgiving tradition when I lived in Xining, Qinghai Province, China was to go out for Beijing-style roast duck. We were lucky enough to have an outlet of the famed Quanjude chain of restaurants, and over my 11 (!) years in China I must have spent five or six Thanksgivings there, feasting on delicious Chinese turkey. ThisContinue reading “Weekend Links”
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Weekend Links
We invited one of the students in my adult class and her husband over for dinner tonight. This student, who goes by the English name Dana, is really impressive in her dedication to learning English. She teaches full time at a local high school. This year, Dana is the lead teacher for a class of high schoolContinue reading “Weekend Links”
The Republican Nomination Contest: Ben Carson, Really? Really? Edition
Famed pediatric neurosurgeon and crackpot pyramids theory enthusiast Ben Carson is now challenging Donald Trump for frontrunner status in the race for the Republican nomination for president. As mentioned previously, this new development could really complicate Trump’s core message, which seems to be that he’s a winner and winner’s win so vote for him if you want toContinue reading “The Republican Nomination Contest: Ben Carson, Really? Really? Edition”
Can the Republican Establishment Trump Trump?
I’m starting to feel less confident that Trump is the favorite to win the Republican Party’s nomination for president, though I would still say he has as good a chance as any of the other candidates. Predictions are hard, especially about the future, and as I read more about polling this far out from the first primaryContinue reading “Can the Republican Establishment Trump Trump?”
What’s Trump’s Deal with China?
First, click here and watch a fun mashup of Donald Trump saying “China” about a million times. Trump seems to have several issues with China, most of them wrong or confused. The weirdest one to me is that Trump seems convinced that China’s authoritarian rulers are technocratic supermen running circles around the US, laughing all the way to the bankContinue reading “What’s Trump’s Deal with China?”
Surprise! Donald Trump Appeals to White Nationalists
What happens when a party’s leading candidate for its nomination for president falls in a forest and a bunch of white nationalists hear him loudly and clearly? Well, we’re finding out now. Evan Osnos, in a great reported piece for The New Yorker, happened to be out in the field researching white nationalism when the Trump candidacy reachedContinue reading “Surprise! Donald Trump Appeals to White Nationalists”
Nonsense Consensus 