Friday, September 12th, 2008
I’ve been focusing too much on national politics lately I feel like I’m suffering from political diarrhea. This election has gotten too nasty. The crucial issues have now been reduced to lipstick and hockey stick. The presidential election of the most powerful nation in the world had turned into a slapstick. It would be funny […]
(photo via Paper Cuts @ NYTimes) Just finished watching Barack Obama’s interview on Fareed Zakaria GPS. If you want to have a more in-depth understanding of Obama’s foreign policy then this interview is worth watching. In case you missed it, the video will be up soon online. In the meantime, you can check out a […]
Ted Koppel interview with Charlie Rose is now up. Sweet. Check it. Last night I watched the second installment of The People’s Republic of Capitalism – Ted Koppel’s documentary on how capitalism and globalization is changing the economic and cultural landscape of the People’s Republic of China. Part 2 was all about the cultural changes […]
I’m in the middle of reading Fareed Zakaria’s latest book, The Post-American World. Obama is reading the book too. My attention is focused not only on the excitement of national U.S. politics but equally with the current state of geopolitics. Zakaria is an excellent tour guide when it comes to geopolitics and foreign issues. So […]
Yesterday I went to Barnes & Noble to check out the book, The Post-American World. I got interested with this book after watching Fareed Zakaria on Charlie Rose. But since the book is still in hardcover it’s a bit pricey ($25 bucks in store). So I opted to just order it from Amazon, saving me […]