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DPRK Delisted
Saturday, October 11th, 2008On Saturday the US removed North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. While Western media highlighted that the announcement was meant to “break a two-month deadlock in the six party talks,” Japanese media is far from pleased with the development. Japanese press expressed particular concern over Japan’s being left in [...]
Political Accountability
Sunday, October 5th, 2008I’ve tried to keep this blog more-or-less politically neutral (i.e. not writing about my own political leanings), but I fear that as we near election day, this is going to be increasingly difficult to keep up. First, perhaps I’m hopelessly naive, but I’d like to think that politicians (especially those running for our country’s [...]
VPOTUS Debate
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008Perhaps against my better judgment I put my life on hold for one evening (no studying, no gym, barely any email) and watched the vice presidential candidates’ debate. By way of disclaimer, I’m not a swing voter, and if you handed me a ballot today I’d mark my choice without a moment’s hesitation. [...]