The Imperial City And The World
This note is prompted by Tbilisi's comment regarding the quality of world media on the Japanese crisis, wherein he ranks American corporate media at the bottom. We agree with that grade. The exercise prompted thinking about how we got to where we … [Continue reading]
Perhaps it's the linguistic barriers; parachuting anchors into Japan probably don't even have Japanese tourist phrasebooks. But it's amazing how absent Japanese people, officials or volunteers are from newscasts. A speech from the Japanese Prime … [Continue reading]
Like you, we are following the nuclear emergency situation in Japan intently. The human tragedy in the earthquake's aftermath heart wrenching enough. Schadenfreude and mixed feelings in Shanghai may seem particularly cold but not … [Continue reading]
Democrats again fail to realize their opponent's anti-democratic radicalism. Wisconsin Democrats are stunned. Corporatist interests using their GOP facade unilaterally disembowel 50 years of bi-partisan consensus supporting public sector collective … [Continue reading]
March 9, 1945 marked the beginning of the new American incendiary bombing of civilian targets in Japan. Low-flying U.S. warplanes carrying 65% more bombs over the next 2 says created the largest firestorm in recorded history, killing 80-130,000 … [Continue reading]