Sam Crane
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Integrity (德) and Gays in the Military
A friend (thanks Tracy!) put me on to this connection… This week the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, came out in support of repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that had maintained a bar… Continue reading
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Daniel Bell on “Confucius,” the movie
For those of us interested in contemporary Confucianism not being able to see the Confucius movie is a bit of a drag (How are they portraying him? Does it work as a movie?). We have to rely, for now, on… Continue reading
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The Form and Content of Soft Power
I am working on a paper, which I will present in Beijing and Shanghai in March, on the limitations to using Confucianism as a tool of the PRCs “soft power.” (I am building upon, and extending beyond, this post from… Continue reading
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How Many Confucianisms?
Historian Thomas A. Wilson has a nice site, Cult of Confucius, with discussion and information on the canonization of Confucius in imperial China (HT Frog in a Well). Here's something to think about: The division of the philosophical masters and… Continue reading
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How Important is Confucius to the CCP?
It seems that the movie Confucius has produced an anti-Confucius backlash in China. At least this is what is being reported in the China Daily. Here's Raymond Zhou: The wave of anti-Confucius sentiment following the removal of Avatar from 2D… Continue reading
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Sudo Genki
Just because I like these guys (ht Sullivan for the original): UPDATE: Here is a translation of the lyrics (I can't vouch for accuracy or feeling, but it's all I've found thus far): We have opened the veil of the… Continue reading
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Sondheim on Creativity
子曰：“述而不作，信而好古，竊比於我老彭.” The Master said: "Transmitting insight, but never creating insight, standing by my words and devoted to the ancients: perhaps I'm a little like that old sage, P'eng. (7.1) Last Saturday I had the pleasure of meeting Stephen Sondheim, a… Continue reading
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Confucius, the movie….where is the love?
Let me say right up front that I have not yet seen Confucius, the movie, which opened last weekend in China. Somehow the theaters in my remote northwestern corner of Massachusetts have not yet screened it. I'll likely have to… Continue reading
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Corporations are not People
The big Supreme Court ruling that opens the floodgates to corporate cash flowing into elections takes as its key assumption that corporations are, essentially, persons. Or, at least, that is what five justices believe. Four others disagreed. Justice Steven wrote… Continue reading
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Taoist Consciousness
A regular reader, Casey Kochmer, comments on the "Ovid, Daoist Sage" post below with a question: What do you think A Taoist would say Consciousness is? Let's think about it… (But first a note on usage. I have not been… Continue reading
The Useless Tree 