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Moving Haleigh
Haleigh Poutre, the girl beaten nearly to death by her step-parents, has been moved out of the hospital and into a rehabilitation center. This is obviously good news. She has healed enough, apparently, to respond to certain commands. … Continue reading
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Friday I Ching: “Strike Hard” or “listen to the farmers”?
On the one hand we have this story in yesterday’s Boston Globe: China to ‘strike hard’ against rising unrest BEIJING (Reuters) – China is preparing to "strike hard" against rising public unrest, a senior police official said according… Continue reading
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“Corporate life is the enemy of the modern family”
Such is the conclusion that Laura, over at 11D, is coming to. She gets to this point not through ideology: she is not a radical feminist. Rather, she is coming to the realization that "good jobs" might actually be… Continue reading
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The Politicization of Haleigh Poutre
The right-wing of American politics is making Haleigh Poutre into a cause. I just noticed on a Google News search, links to the same story, entitled "Save Haleigh," on a dozen or so different right-wing web sites. What… Continue reading
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Wishing you Fu for the New Year
A nice piece in today’s People’s Daily discussing the various meaning of the character "fu," a ubiquitous New Year’s wish. The character above is shown upside down. At New Year’s it is common to hang… Continue reading
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“A Man Without Money Is No Man At All”
This is apparently an old Chinese proverb (I had not heard it before), and it is mentioned in the opening line of a China Daily story about a Chinese farmer, Liu Fucheng, who has been reduced to begging… Continue reading
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Thinking More about Haleigh Poutre
The Ragged Edge, an on-line magazine about disability issues, has a very thorough and thoughtful piece by Lisa Blumberg. She makes a key point in comparing Haleigh and Terri Schiavo: … the issue is not really about personal… Continue reading
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Confucianism and Marxism
Simon has a link to an (unlinkable) South China Morning Post piece on how the CCP plans to "modernize" Marxism, thus keeping it at the center of official ideology: Professor Cheng said Beijing aimed to modernise Marxism by… Continue reading
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Friday I Ching Blogging: the latest bin Laden threat
Osama bin Laden has issued a tape-recorded threat to attack the US. Dan Drezner thinks the message has an air of desperation about it: bin Laden is struggling against his increasing irrelevance from a position of weakness. Perhaps. … Continue reading
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Haleigh Poutre: It’s not about “killing”
The story of Haleigh Poutre continues. A rising tide of criticism is emerging on the web, mostly from conservative bloggers, arguing a number of points about how Haleigh’s case has been handled. I want to respond to some… Continue reading
The Useless Tree 