Taiwan
Future Tense
Bob Dylan in China
In memory of Farah Ebrahimi. Times are indeed a-changing: Bob Dylan, who became an American icon by “speaking truth to power,” just gave a concert in China, one of the most repressive countries in the world. While there, Dylan not only failed to express solidarity with the Chinese dissidents in jail; according to The Washington Post, he also agreed to perform only “approved content.” READ MORE >>
Stephen Solarz (1940–2010)
Export West: Utah is the Place!
Utah’s three large metropolitan areas generated more than $10 billion dollars worth of exports in 2008. At 11.2 percent of the metros’ total production, this equated to an export intensity almost one full percentage point higher than that of the nation’s top 100 metro areas. READ MORE >>
China's Push to Master the Seas
The New Vulnerability
Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It By Richard A. Clarke and Robert K. Knake (Ecco Press, 290 pp., $25.99) I. READ MORE >>
How They Did It
How They Did It (Part One)
This is the first of a five-part series explaining, in remarkable detail, how Obama and the Democrats came to pass health care reform. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the second part, which reveals how Ted Kennedy wooed Max Baucus and what Rahm Emanuel promised the drug industry. READ MORE >>
