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After having turned it off, no country in the world has been able to turn the population switch back on.
China sees nearly 10% drop in marriages, foreshadowing lower birth rate in 2027 scmp.com/economy/economic-in…
Bad policy, bad character make bad politics:
"Election Day" -- William Carlos Williams" biblioklept.org/2012/11/06/e… via @biblioklept
"The United States of America has taken the side of an aggressor against its innocent victim."
"It cannot be stated often enough or vociferously enough," writes Kori Schake. "The Trump administration is helping Russia to conquer Ukraine. The United States of America has taken the side of an aggressor against its innocent victim." Dark and true. aei.org/foreign-and-defense-…
Nicely done: A List of Things Democrats Might Do If They Retake Power nationalreview.com/corner/a-…
Great Changi Prison story, based on the author's WWII experience....
On this date in 1965, Columbia Pictures premiered its new prisoner-of-war film “King Rat” in New York City. Directed by Bryan Forbes and starring George Segal as the conniving Corporal King, the picture was adapted from a 1962 novel by former British officer who had himself been a POW of the Japanese at Changi Prison in Singapore.
The author was James Clavell. “King Rat” was the first of six novels in his “Asian Saga” that would earn him international fame and fortune — including “Tai-Pan” (1966), “Shogan” (1975), and “Noble House” (1981) — but Clavell actually begin his writing career not for publishers but for movie producers. He adapted a French short story into the script for the sci-fi horror classic “The Fly” (1958). The following year, he did the screenplay for the 1959 film “Watusi” (a sequel to “King Solomon’s MInes”) and not only wrote but directed “Five Gates to Hell,” an adventure film set in Indochina. After selling several other scripts, Clavell was sidelined by a writer’s strike and decided to try his hand at a novel. “King Rat” was the result.
If you’re only familiar with Segal from his later roles in farcical films or as Jack Gallo from the TV sitcom “Just Shoot Me!,” his performance in “King Rat” may surprise you. It is far from comic. Other notable actors in the movie are Tom Courtenay, James Fox, John Mills, Patrick O'Neal, and Denholm Elliott, who 23 years later appeared in the TV miniseries adaptation of Clavell’s “Noble House.”
On LACMA: curators have indulged the contemporary ideological delusion that art can be experienced without reference to history, culture, context or ideas, and the results are also amorphous, hostile to curiosity, exhausting and ultimately depressing wapo.st/47x7MK7
Strong lede, looking at strength of US financial markets.
Are China's policies directed by habit and inertia, even when they do not redound to China's benefit? My latest in Forbes: Note To China: Turn Off The Autopilot via @forbes forbes.com/sites/franklavin/…
The Trump Administration’s Outlook Toward Ukraine Is a Moral and Strategic Atrocity nationalreview.com/corner/th…
There is no such thing as national interest. But there are customers.
Trump has invited Putin to the Miami G20 summit. Should he also invite Zelensky?
The history of the world in 60 seconds.
Watch The Entire History of the World Every Year In Just 60 Seconds
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Is international security and economic architecture enough to provide stability, or what happens if it satisfies, say, 99% of stakeholders?
Did Security Commitments Decline? A Global Puzzle
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Part of leadership is to provide reassurance during times of uncertainty
Can Hope & Optimism Guide Us Through Hardship?
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Hear me out - what if Macklemore runs for Texas Railroad Commission and Bo French opens for Ed Sheeran?
Market economics makes good behavior more rewarding, but it does not preclude bad behavior.
Does Market Logic Prevent War?
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How territorial claims reduce U.S. power and reach.
US Foreign Policy Shift: From Ally to Critic?
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