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E C O N O M I C S w i t h E D W A R D T R I M N E L L Archives 2008 What I'm reading: Next Think summer Another argument for married clergy UK schools change linguistic priorities What I'm Reading:The Peloponnesian War Oil over $100 What I'm Reading: The October Country Eighties Rock Moment: Triumph ("Fight the Good Fight") High linguistic requirements for office It's nice to be quoted Author photo Some unsolicited advice to Serbia: enough already Amy Chua on immigration No excuses anymore (for not learning a language) Ebay's vulnerabilities Reader disturbed by Spanish-language ad And now, the backlash…. Foreign Languages, Patriotism, and American values Iran in space...and what it means for us Don't count Japan out just yet Another case of judicial stupidity in Afghanistan Another reason why we need to break our fossil fuel habit Barack Obama's plan for fighting terrorism A few political musings before Super Tuesday The decline of the West? We've heard this one before... Training global management in China Signs of the times… Soul-searching in cubicle land What will Bill Gates' departure mean for Microsoft? How oil could take a big tumble Top ten majors Norwegian government mandates 40% female execs Save the world or save yourself? Two visions of employee motivation Detroit may regret banking on the BRICs Think your boss is nosy? Check this out… Economic stimulus should focus on consumers---not corporations What's so great about Ebay? Sears is reorganizing, but is this enough? Less creativity, more vehicle shots Will Chamco be the next Honda or Toyota? The candidates: good, the bad, and the ugly (a political digression) What I'm reading: Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser Hyping the mortgage crisis Commentary Archive 2007 Miscellaneous Entries September 27 - October 2, 2007 History John. F. Kennedy and the "engineer gap" David McCollough's biography of John Adams Why did the Six Day War occur? The Battle of Thermopylae Zoroastrianism Show and tell: Russian rubles The Middle East during World War I The Dark Side of Peter the Great Kennedy and Communism The Middle East An end to problems with Iran? Well, not quite.. Ed's book review: Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time On leaving Iran out of the Middle East peace talks Time for a feminist uprising in Saudi Arabia Mahmoud--- bringin' down the house at Columbia! How do you say "long-winded" in Farsi? Ahmadinejad to speak at Columbia University: is this a good idea? Don't like the Dubai Nasdaq deal? Don't buy an SUV France says: "Oui! The time has come to tear Iran a new one." Busy professionals and foreign language acquisition Ahmadinejad renews an old dream of Khomeini’s Pakistan: the land of radical Islam and WMDs The latest tactic in Iraq: arming Sunni militia groups Another miscarriage of justice in the Muslim Middle East It’s time to wake up to the reality in Iran Taking stock of Saddam’s execution Diane Sawyer's interview with Bashar al-Asad Sorting out the good guys and the bad guys in the Iraqi government Iran faces problems with terrorism Should the U.S. talk directly to Iran? Tough questions in Riyadh Asia Japan's new role in the world Will Chinese cars make it in the U.S. market? History repeats itself in China China's homicidal grandparents North Korean "nuclear buyout" plan announced For Australia, China is now a more significant trading partner than Japan Why outsourcing to China may backfire in the long run China's next target: cheerleading Japan should own up and move on Asia's Gender Imbalance Chinese missile test a wake-up call for radical free traders Pollution, income gap become priorities in China Even North Korea is on the internet these days Latin America Setbacks for Latin America’s neo-Marxists The end of the line for Hugo Chavez? No Child Left Behind --- Hugo Chavez style The latest Chavez oil grab--- and calls to boycott Citgo Chavez spooks investors As Venezuela’s economy sputters, Chavez turns on the bluster Observations from San Luis Potosi, Mexico Europe Russian voters say da to Czar Putin Russia doing what Russia does best Germany's problem is our problem, too Behind Putin’s anti-U.S. tirade It's official: Nicholas Sarkozy is the next president of France Sarkozy: the man who may change France Society Newspaper decides not to endorse John Edwards over corporate criticisms Supporting our troops --- by taking away their slot machines Abstinence-only programs and teen pregnancy As Clinton moves to the center, she loses her appeal for the hard-core left Even if you love him, don’t hold your breath for Ron Paul Huckabee: a tax-and-spend evangelical The issues behind the Jim Watson row Are high-earning women "dating down?" Jena 6: civil rights ---- or bad adolescent behavior? The Ohio Taliban rides again Moderation needed in political, economic globalization We are what we read Flying the prudish skies: score another one for the busybodies Love, marriage, and financial secretiveness Fighting terrorism with metaphors CNN dumbs itself down Bush-era conservatives are obsessed with sex The Dems challenge the GOP in the holier-than-thou department More fretting about the "over-sexed" culture They must be getting kind of bored in Amsterdam On Hillary, Bush, and political dynasties A few comments regarding the JFK terror plot The Religious Right goes after Romney Protecting the good people of Ohio--- from strippers? Henryk A. Kowalczyk for President? Michael Moore Exposed: Oh My… Blaming teachers for America's education woes The immigration protest that the American press ignored More debate about the H1B Don Imus got what was coming to him Will Baby Boomers sink the economy? The inconsistent nature of U.S. drug laws The latest fashionable worry: underweight fashion models The right to bear arms and common sense Oscar who? The flat tax is back in the news Do schools overemphasize "self-esteem"? We need a new batch of political commentators Business / Career Common sense, but still good advice Offshoring leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of British chocolate workers Robert Reich on "corporate citizenship" Career advice for Britney Spears Chinese companies building plants in the U.S.: a new trend? Should you fire your boss? On parenting, work, and corporate culture As gas prices rise, calls for government intervention will increase Gasoline subsidies and free trade Is the MBA still relevant? The future for workers over forty Lessons from Yahoo in China Expatriates should speak the local language Bank of America caters to those who break U.S. laws Technology Musician grumbles about illegal file-swapping culture Ambitious translation claims for new Fuji copier When virus protection software goes psycho Super-cheap laptops and Intel Why I am in no hurry to upgrade to Microsoft Vista Digital rights management, the music industry, and Steve Jobs Microsoft backpedals on Vista sales Web 2.0 startups repeating old mistakes in new ways Ads on Wikipedia? Will Wales share the wealth? Automobiles Just what the U.S. automotive industry needed Toyota takes the number one spot, but…. Ford’s Mustang crossover vehicle is one to watch Will Toyota’s expansion veer into overreach? History repeats itself at Chrysler, but the company's management never learns Language Is Mandarin "The new English?" On poor foreign language skills and the "global naiveté" of Americans "The zeal for learning Chinese is sweeping the world." i-Pod language classes the latest thing Latin as a "universal" language? Does the Irish language have a future? Even Thais have difficulty with the Thai language Rival politicians in Australia trade jibes over foreign language skills Japanese the number one blogging language? President Bush and the Spanish language JFK and Foreign Languages Minnesota Newspaper kvetching over drive to create a language immersion program for kids A madrassa in the NYC public school system? Probably not.
E C O N O M I C S
w i t h E D W A R D T R I M N E L L
Archives
2008
What I'm reading: Next
Think summer
Another argument for married clergy
UK schools change linguistic priorities
What I'm Reading:The Peloponnesian War
Oil over $100
What I'm Reading: The October Country
Eighties Rock Moment: Triumph ("Fight the Good Fight")
High linguistic requirements for office
It's nice to be quoted
Author photo
Some unsolicited advice to Serbia: enough already
Amy Chua on immigration
No excuses anymore (for not learning a language)
Ebay's vulnerabilities
Reader disturbed by Spanish-language ad
And now, the backlash….
Foreign Languages, Patriotism, and American values
Iran in space...and what it means for us
Don't count Japan out just yet
Another case of judicial stupidity in Afghanistan
Another reason why we need to break our fossil fuel habit
Barack Obama's plan for fighting terrorism
A few political musings before Super Tuesday
The decline of the West? We've heard this one before...
Training global management in China
Signs of the times…
Soul-searching in cubicle land
What will Bill Gates' departure mean for Microsoft?
How oil could take a big tumble
Top ten majors
Norwegian government mandates 40% female execs
Save the world or save yourself?
Two visions of employee motivation
Detroit may regret banking on the BRICs
Think your boss is nosy? Check this out…
Economic stimulus should focus on consumers---not corporations
What's so great about Ebay?
Sears is reorganizing, but is this enough?
Less creativity, more vehicle shots
Will Chamco be the next Honda or Toyota?
The candidates: good, the bad, and the ugly (a political digression)
What I'm reading: Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
Hyping the mortgage crisis
Commentary Archive
2007
Miscellaneous Entries
September 27 - October 2, 2007
History
John. F. Kennedy and the "engineer gap"
David McCollough's biography of John Adams
Why did the Six Day War occur?
The Battle of Thermopylae
Zoroastrianism
Show and tell: Russian rubles
The Middle East during World War I
The Dark Side of Peter the Great
Kennedy and Communism
The Middle East
An end to problems with Iran? Well, not quite..
Ed's book review: Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
On leaving Iran out of the Middle East peace talks
Time for a feminist uprising in Saudi Arabia
Mahmoud--- bringin' down the house at Columbia!
How do you say "long-winded" in Farsi?
Ahmadinejad to speak at Columbia University: is this a good idea?
Don't like the Dubai Nasdaq deal? Don't buy an SUV
France says: "Oui! The time has come to tear Iran a new one."
Busy professionals and foreign language acquisition
Ahmadinejad renews an old dream of Khomeini’s
Pakistan: the land of radical Islam and WMDs
The latest tactic in Iraq: arming Sunni militia groups
Another miscarriage of justice in the Muslim Middle East
It’s time to wake up to the reality in Iran
Taking stock of Saddam’s execution
Diane Sawyer's interview with Bashar al-Asad
Sorting out the good guys and the bad guys in the Iraqi government
Iran faces problems with terrorism
Should the U.S. talk directly to Iran?
Tough questions in Riyadh
Asia
Japan's new role in the world
Will Chinese cars make it in the U.S. market?
History repeats itself in China
China's homicidal grandparents
North Korean "nuclear buyout" plan announced
For Australia, China is now a more significant trading partner than Japan
Why outsourcing to China may backfire in the long run
China's next target: cheerleading
Japan should own up and move on
Asia's Gender Imbalance
Chinese missile test a wake-up call for radical free traders
Pollution, income gap become priorities in China
Even North Korea is on the internet these days
Latin America
Setbacks for Latin America’s neo-Marxists
The end of the line for Hugo Chavez?
No Child Left Behind --- Hugo Chavez style
The latest Chavez oil grab--- and calls to boycott Citgo
Chavez spooks investors
As Venezuela’s economy sputters, Chavez turns on the bluster
Observations from San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Europe
Russian voters say da to Czar Putin
Russia doing what Russia does best
Germany's problem is our problem, too
Behind Putin’s anti-U.S. tirade
It's official: Nicholas Sarkozy is the next president of France
Sarkozy: the man who may change France
Society
Newspaper decides not to endorse John Edwards over corporate criticisms
Supporting our troops --- by taking away their slot machines
Abstinence-only programs and teen pregnancy
As Clinton moves to the center, she loses her appeal for the hard-core left
Even if you love him, don’t hold your breath for Ron Paul
Huckabee: a tax-and-spend evangelical
The issues behind the Jim Watson row
Are high-earning women "dating down?"
Jena 6: civil rights ---- or bad adolescent behavior?
The Ohio Taliban rides again
Moderation needed in political, economic globalization
We are what we read
Flying the prudish skies: score another one for the busybodies
Love, marriage, and financial secretiveness
Fighting terrorism with metaphors
CNN dumbs itself down
Bush-era conservatives are obsessed with sex
The Dems challenge the GOP in the holier-than-thou department
More fretting about the "over-sexed" culture
They must be getting kind of bored in Amsterdam
On Hillary, Bush, and political dynasties
A few comments regarding the JFK terror plot
The Religious Right goes after Romney
Protecting the good people of Ohio--- from strippers?
Henryk A. Kowalczyk for President?
Michael Moore Exposed: Oh My…
Blaming teachers for America's education woes
The immigration protest that the American press ignored
More debate about the H1B
Don Imus got what was coming to him
Will Baby Boomers sink the economy?
The inconsistent nature of U.S. drug laws
The latest fashionable worry: underweight fashion models
The right to bear arms and common sense
Oscar who?
The flat tax is back in the news
Do schools overemphasize "self-esteem"?
We need a new batch of political commentators
Business / Career
Common sense, but still good advice
Offshoring leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of British chocolate workers
Robert Reich on "corporate citizenship"
Career advice for Britney Spears
Chinese companies building plants in the U.S.: a new trend?
Should you fire your boss?
On parenting, work, and corporate culture
As gas prices rise, calls for government intervention will increase
Gasoline subsidies and free trade
Is the MBA still relevant?
The future for workers over forty
Lessons from Yahoo in China
Expatriates should speak the local language
Bank of America caters to those who break U.S. laws
Technology
Musician grumbles about illegal file-swapping culture
Ambitious translation claims for new Fuji copier
When virus protection software goes psycho
Super-cheap laptops and Intel
Why I am in no hurry to upgrade to Microsoft Vista
Digital rights management, the music industry, and Steve Jobs
Microsoft backpedals on Vista sales
Web 2.0 startups repeating old mistakes in new ways
Ads on Wikipedia? Will Wales share the wealth?
Automobiles
Just what the U.S. automotive industry needed
Toyota takes the number one spot, but….
Ford’s Mustang crossover vehicle is one to watch
Will Toyota’s expansion veer into overreach?
History repeats itself at Chrysler, but the company's management never learns
Language
Is Mandarin "The new English?"
On poor foreign language skills and the "global naiveté" of Americans
"The zeal for learning Chinese is sweeping the world."
i-Pod language classes the latest thing
Latin as a "universal" language?
Does the Irish language have a future?
Even Thais have difficulty with the Thai language
Rival politicians in Australia trade jibes over foreign language skills
Japanese the number one blogging language?
President Bush and the Spanish language
JFK and Foreign Languages
Minnesota Newspaper kvetching over drive to create a language immersion program for kids
A madrassa in the NYC public school system? Probably not.