I wrote last week that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) will either open the government to multi-party elections, or will eventually be overthrown. I want to provide more detail on exactly why I believe this, and on a possible route to this reform I think is possible. I wrote
The day finally came, and the tablet — err, the iPad — is public. Expectations are high; Apple had to create a device that has no easy niche to fill, and make it so compelling that we’d love it anyway. Others have, and many more will, post their thoughts, so I’
TechCrunch is reporting that Jobs said that the tablet is the most important thing he’s ever done. Who knows if the report is true or not, but it sums up people’s expectations for the tablet quite nicely. We are expecting the tablet to completely change how we read
Frank Rich’s op-ed in the Saturday New York Times posits that the banks are our real enemies. Forget al Qaeda, he says: What we don’t know will hurt us, and quite possibly on a more devastating scale than any Qaeda attack. Americans must be told the full
Pat Dryburgh joined the Fusion network. Can’t think of a better guy to be a member.
What Neven Mrgan would like to see: An easy way for people who write, draw, play, and combine all of these, to publish their work to a simple, popular, digital store serving a device ideal for reading; a publishing equivalent of the App Store. That’s precisely what I’m
The New York Times has a fantastic look at the Obama administration’s war on terror. He has handled the war against al Qaeda and fundamentalist ideology quite well, and has smartly retained many of Bush’s officials. Bush’s most convincing thesis on the war — that we will ultimately
Henry David Thoreau published Walden in 1854, a study of his experiences living in the woods near Walden Pond for two years. Thoreau intended to see what was necessary to live, and what he only thought was. He built his cabin, grew his own food and surveyed the forest around
The Iranian government sentenced a journalist to 6 years in prison and 5 years exile for “spreading propaganda” against the regime. Ahmad Zeidabadi was among 100 tried together for their supposed crimes during the summer protests. They intend to continue the crackdown: “We see that Mr. Obama and British and
The Economist describes the massive protests last week in Iran. Protestors now do not cover their faces, strike back against the riot police and Basij militia, and are chanting as many anti-Khamenei slogans as anti-Ahmadinejad. The regime has miscalculated. Their crackdown since the summer — arresting opposition figures, convicting
Sebastiaan de With provides a quick look at Billings Touch. I use Billings on the desktop, and can’t wait to have it on my iPhone. Looks like they did a great job.
Cormac McCarthy doesn’t think people will read lengthy works anymore: But the indulgent, 800-page books that were written a hundred years ago are just not going to be written anymore and people need to get used to that. If you think you’re going to write something like