Banks and post offices remain open through the weekend in Shenzhen. That’s right, they are open seven days a week. Back home in Singapore, this level of service is unheard of. Banks, post offices and many other public institutions are open at most six days a week. The funny thing is, some months ago, I… Read More: A different kind of 7/11 »
“It’s easy to be against something. It’s harder to be for something.”Barack Obama
No, this exchange did not occur in a Hollywood movie, a la The Devil’s Advocate. Instead, it came during the cross-examination of Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong by opposition politician Chee Soon Juan in a defamation suit brought on by the Lees for an allegedly defamatory article published in SDP’s publication “Demokrat” in April… Read More: Objection! Objection! Objection! »
Ars Technica recently ran an article on George Bush’s lost e-mails, in which it quoted from a Congressional report about how the Bush adminstration archives White House e-mails. According to the report, “a White House staffer or contractor would collect from a ‘journal’ e-mail folder in the Microsoft Exchange system copies of e-mails sent and… Read More: Further proof that Bush is clueless »
Nico Pitney of Huffington Post has created a mosaic of the “Commander-in-Chief” of the U.S. military and his potential successor using thumbnails of the 4,000 American soldiers who have died in Iraq. “In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us – and the two men who would continue this… Read More: 4,000 and counting »
The brouhaha over the Olympic torch relay isn’t about Tibet. Nor human rights. It’s about geopolitics. For an interesting take, read “Why Washington Plays ‘Tibet Roulette’ With China“. Related stuff: Turning China into a whipping boy Myth and Reality of Tibet Why do you hate us so much?