= I first saw this on the day it was posted. At that time
my intention was both to tell Dr Wagar how much I had enjoyed
his book and to forward his appeal hither.
Well, I spaced out both efforts, but, having just wrapped up
the former, below I offer the fruit of
August 29, 1998
Much Talk About Russia, but the Numbers Shout Japan
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF and SHERYL WuDUNN
TOKYO -- One statistic on Friday evening stands out as an explanation of
the importance of Japan, along with its misery:
When trading ended Friday at the Tokyo Stock Exchange,
FOREIGN AFFAIRS / THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Beware the Ides of August
Which do you think is scarier? Is it that Scott Ritter, the top U.N.
weapons inspector in Iraq, quit his job, accusing the U.S. and the U.N. of
surrendering to Saddam Hussein? Or is it the story told by Russian
economists about a
I shall respond more fully to Nestor's letter in another post. For now I
would like to clarify something which, it appears to me, has contributed
to at least a part of this disagreement between Nestor and myself. The
word which I used to describe what seemed to me to be Nestor's
implication re
1. Protect Makahs from eco-bullies
2. Anti-Makah Whaling Protesters may disrupt Celebrations
3. Environmentalists meet in Victoria to oppose Makah whale hunt
4. Sea Shepard's alliance with the racist far-right
[S.I.S.I.S. note: The following mainstream news article may
contain biased or
I found the response of Gregory Schwartz very instructive
and interesting, though I protest the adjective "screwed"
as he used it.
As I said on the mail I sent and Gregory
criticized, if something depicts my vision of Russian
facts is that all my opinions are both "worried and uninformed".
G'day Penners,
Four speculative responses to this bit:
"We are seeing a global liquidity crunch, and the only solution is for the
developing world to reduce interest rates if we are to avoid another
1987-style crash," said Ian Harnett at BT Alex Brown. He predicted that
pan-European stock
