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AMPONTAN » Kabuki and paper airplanes

Posted 77 minutes ago

FOR MANY AMERICANS and people from other younger countries—and that includes me—the approach to traditional culture requires an attitude of respect and reverence that does not admit of tomfoolery. You’re supposed to put your socks on, wear nice clothes, sit ... [Link]

西儒 ─ The Western Confucian » Fifes and Drums of Yorktown, Virginia at Fort Ticonderoga, New York

Posted 3 hours ago

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西儒 ─ The Western Confucian » "Speak English or Die"

Posted 3 hours ago

That old Stormtroopers of Death song comes to mind with Steve Sailer's latest — The American Media's Bias toward English-Speaking Foreigners. Mr. Sailer observes that "the American press will tend to be biased toward political movements who represent the better ... [Link]

ParaPundit » Honduran President's Removal Seen As Lawful

Posted 4 hours ago

Octavio Sánchez (whose name sounds pretty Spanish), a former presidential advisor in Honduras, argues that the removal of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya from office was lawful and in accordance with the Honduran constitution. Under our Constitution, what happened in Honduras ... [Link]

西儒 ─ The Western Confucian » "Christian-Libertarian-Environmentalist-Capit~

Posted 4 hours ago

An interview with Joel Salatin, the "pasture-based, beyond organic, local-market farm[er]" who describes himself in the above terms, in which he discusses "stewardship of the land, the burden of government regulations, and what's wrong with 'organic' farming" — Farming and ... [Link]

西儒 ─ The Western Confucian » Non-places and Supermodernity

Posted 4 hours ago

A review of a book by French thinker and anthropologist Marc Augé whose thesis it is "[t]hat the world is becoming ever more homogenized and globalized, and soon it won’t matter where we go because the world will consist only ... [Link]

Monster Island (actually a peninsula)* » South Korea to spend 200 billion won on H1N1 vaccine

Posted 4 hours ago

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» North Korean Suds

Posted 6 hours ago

North Korean scientists are diversifying. Not only are the busy in secret labs building nuclear weapons to obliterate their neighbors if a conflict arises, they’re also concocting refreshing, delicious beer with a ‘unique scent and fresh taste’. Check out this ... [Link]

Brian in Jeollanam-do » A trip to Busan's Chinatown.

Posted 6 hours ago

Last weekend I took a trip to sunny, funny Busan and was talked into doing something other than playing on Haeundae Beach. We paid a visit to Busan's Chinatown, located across the street from Busan Station and accessible via exit ... [Link]

Korea Beat » Lee Myung-bak: “Uh… Yummy”

Posted 8 hours ago

President Lee dropped in for a conference at a high school in Wonju on the 3rd and ate lunch with the students afterward. [Link]

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