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Monthly Archives: November 2008

Dubuque link roundup

Friday, November 28, 2008

My 89-year-old grandfather’s hip broke two weeks ago. He didn’t break it exactly, it just broke. Since that time, he’s been operated on, put in traction and left to languish in a hospital room until they get around to doing more surgery. It is not clear when he will be ready to leave. At his [...]

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Chomsky on Obama

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

After all the unmitigated glee, I was ready for a critical assessment of Obama’s actions so far as president-elect. At a speech in Boston last week, Noam Chomsky delivered: Rhetoric we know, but what are the actions? So far the major actions are selections… The first choice was the Vice President, Joe Biden, one of [...]

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BEIJING: Palace hopping, art factories, Super Gambei

Friday, November 14, 2008

Two weeks later, with my body recovered and my trip processed (mentally, photographically), here’s the first batch of scenes from my China adventure: Beijing. The city bookended my 12-day (abbreviated from 14-day) journey. Click the pics to enlarge. Note on the movies that there’s a button you can click to go full screen. I left [...]

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On returning to find your country better off than you left it

Thursday, November 6, 2008

As millions blog a meg-a-minute about the Tuesday’s triumph, the erasure of cynicism and the restoration of faith in one’s fellow citizens, I’ll leave it at this: when Chinese are buttonholing you in Beijing to express giddy anticipation about your elections, you know you’re boarding a 13-hour flight to a new era. Trip pics and [...]

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