Late Saturday night, a high-school classmate sent me a Facebook chat message: So what is your point? Are you with [another high school classmate] and the other [Orange County] fools or do you believe in meaningful and potent American soft power politics in China of three generations of slave descendants in the White House? My
Category: Politics
Back in the USSR
A college classmate shared the above photo recently. It was junior year in college, in 1989, and our merry band had just returned from the Soviet Union. We were having a mini-reunion, which I hosted (I’m at the far right in the photo). We were part of the Yale-USSR Project. Every spring, for two weeks,
New Book: ‘Husband-Hunting in the Raj’
In this morning’s Sunday New York Times, there’s a profile of a new book. Anne de Courcy has written The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj. Here’s an excerpt from the review: In 1671, the East India Company sent 20 single women to Bombay, each supplied with an allowance of £300, a new set of
Putin Will Rule Over Ukraine
(11.15 am update: Sadly, the NY Times just flashed this headline: “Kremlin Prepares for Military Intervention”. So, it has begun.). I’ve been reading with great interest about the turmoil in Ukraine. In college, I was lucky enough to spend two weeks in the Soviet Union as part of an exchange program. So, I try to keep
Sex Trafficking
I’ve been to a strip bar once in my life. I left after 10 minutes. Stephen, one of my best friends, was getting married, and a bunch of us gathered in New Orleans for his bachelor party. It was a really fun weekend. A group of post-college guys facing long hours in corporate jobs reliving
Sheila Marcelo of Care.com
I don’t know Sheila Marcelo, but I’m already cheering for her. Her company, Care.com, went public last week. Our family is a regular user of the Care.com site. The IPO is an enormous accomplishment for her, the employees, and the investors. But, for me, I think it’s cool that Sheila is a female Asian. It breaks