The other day I went to see an interesting performance built up around the life and work of Gao Yi-sheng 高一生. Who is Gao Yi-Sheng? There isn’t much about him in English on the web, but here is a short blurb from the Taipei Times: Better known by his Chinese name of Kao Yi-sheng (高一生), [...]
I would like to congratulate Australia on finally ridding itself of John Howard. In 2002 I wrote about ““Howard’s openly racist policies” and more recently we’ve had some excellent discussion on Savage Minds about his use of the “Little Children are Sacred” report to undo decades of progress on Aborigine autonomy. I’d really begun to [...]
I finally finished editing and uploading my photos from last February’s shoot in Chharanagar. I did a lot of portraits this time, but haven’t yet updated the information about who is who. You can see the slideshow here (or click on the photo).
If you walk around Taipei these days you’ll be sure to see the word KUSO written in big letters all over the place. For instance, this summer there was a city-sponsored cultural festival in Ximending called “KUSO Ximending.” But what does “KUSO” mean? Luckily, Wikipedia is there to help us out: Kuso is the term [...]
If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest. (Exodus, 22:25) The key texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all very clear about the sins of lending money for interest – and [...]
Does the writer’s strike have you down? Miss The Daily Show? Here are some things you can do: Download Miro. Watch some classic Daily Show clips here. Read and watch the official blog of the writer’s strike. Watch the following YouTube video made by some striking Daily Show writers:
A map of the world showing the ratio of patients to doctors. {maps, tufte, inequality}
If John Edwards is going to win the primary, he must first clearly differentiate himself from the other candidates. I’ve been worried that he has been too cautious, too timid about taking on Hillary and Obama. It seems that he was just waiting for one of them to pull ahead as the clear front-runner, bruised [...]