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George Bush’s declaration of the Fall of Communism was a litle rash in the face of the Chinese Olympics and the invasion of Georgia.
Knock knock they’re back.
Read Ha Jin’s WAR TRASH
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Jesse Owens taking the gold medal at the Nazi Olympics 1936

 Lee Evans and Tommie Smith at the Mexico Olympics 1968.
 

Tank Man Beijing 1988

QUESTION
Around the globe, over 9 million people are currently in prisons. That is equal to the size of the population of Sweden or Bolivia. We wonder: Which country has the highest number of prisoners?
ANSWERS
A. China
B. Russia
C. United Kingdom
D. United States
A.
China is not correct.
China has the second-highest number of prisoners in the world, with 1.6 million. […]

 
I graduated from Boston College with a degree in economics. My grade average was a little better than a C- and accordingly my work experience has never tapped on whatever knowledge I ignored during classes with Robert B. Samuelson, now a contributor to Newsweek Magazine, yet my mind responds freely to any stimuli about the […]

There is a prophetic moment in the movie THE GRADUATE, when Dustin Hoffman is told by his parents’ friend, “The future is plastic.”

Back in 1967 plastic was used to make toys, radios, and TVs. Food was wrapped in paper. Supermarkets packed your food in paper bags. At the beach most of the flotsam was maritime […]