On the way to work on Monday I listened to a report on NPR about the sacking of the Mayor of Moscow, Russia, by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Where I’m from, mayors are independently elected officials, so it struck me as similar to President Obama firing Mayor Bloomberg of New York. Apparently, the Mayor in question–Yury Luzhkov–is […]
firing a mayor: only in Russia
September 28, 2010 by
Just heard this on NPR: President Medvev fired Moscow’s mayor. Can he even do that? Guess democracy isn’t the same world over. More later…
The Pentagon Papers of the Afghan War? Or more smoke than fire?
July 26, 2010 by
Image via Wikipedia Check it at the New York Times here, the Wall Street Journal here, Boing Boing here, and especially here, at Wikileaks. It may be the “largest intelligence leak in history”. Here are a few books that you might want to read: Taliban, by Ahmed Rashid, Ghost Wars by Steve Coll, Unholy Wars […]
A word of warning about doing business abroad…
May 6, 2010 by
Today, I found this “word of warning” for businesses in China, though it looks like it could apply anywhere the business is dependent on a personality or individual: This company is in an industry very much related to government. By this I mean that it pretty much cannot avoid working with Chinese authorities in just […]
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