Jul 17, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
At Paper Cuts, the blog of the New York Times Book Review, Mick Sussman describes what happened when he went to Amazon.com recently seeking a copy of Rick Perlstein’s study of the Goldwater campaign of 1964, Before The Storm. Sussman, who wanted to read that...
Jul 17, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Last week, I was the guest on a Chinese language TV show produced by Voice of America and broadcast live in China. Chinese callers are given a toll free number in China they can call to pose questions. The topic of discussion was “non-traditional security threats to...
Jul 16, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
What do the Chinese do when the dollar drops and the RMB rises? shopping! Air China announced today that it will purchase 45 planes from Boeing with a book value of $6.3 billion. The RMB has risen 6.65 percent against the dollar so far this year, and about 20 percent...
Jul 15, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Ever since real-estate mogul Sam Zell gained control of the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Baltimore Sun, these newspapers have seen one staff cutback and executive shakeup after another. Yesterday was no exception, as David Hiller, publisher of the Times,...
Jul 15, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
With the Olympics 24 days away, Chinese officials proposed changing the name that the island of Taiwan has used for previous Olympics. The English, “Chinese Taipei” would remain unchanged, but the Chinese would change from 中華台北(zhonghua taibei) to 中國台北 (zhongguo...
Jul 14, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
I cannot tell a lie: Richard Brookhiser’s column in today’s New York Post —“George’s Advice For Barack & John”— is well worth your time.
