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Foreign Dispatches » Tim Rogers Doesn't Like Japan

Posted 38 minutes ago

And he's written a mega-rant explaining precisely why he doesn't like the country. I can't say I entirely agree with Tim Rogers' arguments (though on certain points, e.g. the rampant smoking, and the invariable "oishii/umai" uttered by talentless "talento" on variety shows, I think he hits the target dead center), but I'll give the guy credit for something very important: ... [Link]

ROK Drop » Navy Petty Officer Arrested for Drunk Driving & Accident In A HMMWV On Okinawa

Posted 42 minutes ago

I have never heard of a servicemember drunk driving in a HMMWV before, but if you were going to do it Okinawa is definitely not the place to be trying it: A 25-year-old sailor admitted to driving the U.S. Navy Humvee involved in a hit-and-run in the Camp Schwab area, Okinawa police said Friday.A 45-year-old Okinawa man and his two ... [Link]

The Western Confucian » The Priests and the Choir of the Phiharmonic Academy of Rome Sing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Pie Iesu

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The Western Confucian » Paramedic Gatica

Posted 3 hours ago

The story of "the tsunami [that] brought the end of his world" — In Chile, a father's hope washed away. On a camping trip, he lost his wife, daughter, brother, two nieces and two nephews. Three weeks later: "Fighting off despair, Gatica has thrown himself into volunteer work at a pair of shelters set up for the homeless. He dons ... [Link]

The Western Confucian » The Pope's Prayer for the Church in Ireland

Posted 3 hours ago

Which he sends "with the care of a father for his children and with the affection of a fellow Christian, scandalized and hurt by what has occurred in our beloved Church," and with which he concludes his pastoral letter, here in its entirety — "You must answer for it before God":God of our fathers,renew us in the faith which is ... [Link]

On My Way To Korea » Snow, snow and more snow

Posted 3 hours ago

Well, I really did think that winter was over … [Link]

The Grand Narrative » Korean Gender Reader, March 22 2010: Abortion Republic No More?

Posted 4 hours ago

( Alice Park es Gogo by Tetsumo ) Yes, after a long hiatus, I’m starting up this series again, and hopefully for good! But for new readers, this means that for your convenience and interest, each Monday I’ll be providing a summary of the biggest Korean gender-related stories of the week before, with a few related and/or interesting ones from ... [Link]

Monster Island (actually a peninsula)* » Blair in hot water with corrupt Korean CEO

Posted 5 hours ago

The Daily Mail is echoing a news story in the Joongang Ilbo that former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing embarrassment over his "secret dealings with a South Korean oil firm" after reports the company's CEO, Choi Kyusun [최규선], served two years in prison for corruption, after being convicted of making illegal payments to influence the awarding of contracts ... [Link]

The Western Confucian » Alexis de Tocqueville's "Tyranny of the Majority"

Posted 5 hours ago

Sean Wilentz offers some insight into the origin and perceptiveness of the idea in his review of a new biography — Discovering Tocqueville:No idea in Democracy is more influential than that of the potential "tyranny of the majority," by which Tocqueville meant the conformist impulses that quietly pervade American politics and society. Yet Tocqueville picked up the concept in Boston ... [Link]

Asian Correspondent: Korea Beat » Yellow Dust season is upon us

Posted 6 hours ago

Well, not upon me, because I'm in America, but it's certainly upon many of my readers. Page F30 documented the dramatic transformation the season sees in the appearance of Seoul.... [Link]

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