Korea
Why Obama’s World Bank Pick Is Proving So Controversial
Outsiders must be a little mystified as to why the Obama administration’s nomination of Jim Young Kim to lead the World Bank has kicked up so much dust in the development community. I suspect the casual observer thinks: “Such a nice man, a doctor devoted to HIV/AIDS and to the poorest in the poorest places. Why the fuss?” READ MORE >>
The Problem with Oscar Voters: They All Look The Same
Strategist and Scourge
George F. Kennan: An American Life By John Lewis Gaddis (Penguin, 784 pp., $39.95) I. READ MORE >>
Obama’s in Good Company: All Presidents End Up Unpopular
Do We Have Any Idea How to Deal with North Korea?
Bobby Thomson (1923-2010)
What We Could Learn From India and Korea
The Gospel According to Luce
The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century By Alan Brinkley (Knopf, 531 pp., $35) I. READ MORE >>
The Jabulani Virus
Whining about the World Cup ball is almost as old as the tournament itself. During the last Cup in Germany, scientists postulated that it might “unsettle goalkeepers.” In Korea and Japan, the ball was universally deemed too light and bouncy. READ MORE >>
