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- Tokyo and Greater Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Rarely are population figures more confused than in Japan. Many prefectures contain capital cities of the same name (i.e. Fukuoka City in Fukuoka Prefecture, Wakayama City in Wakayama Prefecture), and even the locals confuse the population figures. Tokyo is the worst, and the population varies, depending on who you ask, from 8.5 [...]
- A Word to the Europeans
Dr. Seuss is back.
- “Graduate students do not learn supply and demand”
“The Ph.D. Glut Revisited” should be cause for sober reflection for all of you pursuing a PhD or planning to enroll in an advanced education program. To summarize:
The Ph.D. glut has existed since the fall of 1969. The number of entry-level full-time professorial positions has remained stagnant. Few new universities have been constructed. Legislatures [...]
- Link Analysis Tool
Gadgetopia points to trackingthethreat.com which has an interesting relational database on terrorist entities and a handy-dandy link analysis tool for all your terrorist tracking needs! Enjoy!
- Imperial Grunts in India
Eddie from Live From the FDNF has the latest information on US military cooperation with India:
News that Robert D. Kaplan fans might appreciate. It fits in line with the promising “light footprint” outline that Kaplan praised and gamely played against “big army” examples in his recent “Imperial Grunts”. Low-level ops like this should [...]
- Ukrainian Orthodox Epiphany
I was flipping through current events photos and found pictures of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. I’m glad to say he’s looking much better after the dioxin poisoning incident of more than a year ago that left him horrible disfigured. He still bears the scars, but he has been improving.
But as I dug into [...]
- Bolivarian Revolution in Bolivia
Newly inaugurated Bolivian President Evo Morales began his term Monday by meeting with leaders from our two favorite Latin American nations, Cuba and Venezuela. Morales is the first indigenous leader since Spain colonized the region almost 500 years ago, and was previously a coca farmer and peasant leader. He and his cabinet of [...]
- Dump Internet Explorer!
I can’t help but notice that of the approximately 4,500 page hits we had at this site yesterday, close to half—2,000—were from Internet Explorer browsers. Do yourself a favor and dump that monster—Microsoft Internet Explorer is highly vulnerable to viruses and spyware, it’s slower, and a lack of tabbed browsing is soo 2003.
All the [...]
- Minority Report
It’s official, Stephen Harper is to be Canada’s new Prime Minister. He wasn’t able to pull off a majority, so expect another election sometime in 2007 unless something scandalous happens and the Liberals give the Conservatives some of their own medicine. Either way, Martin won’t be leading the Liberals next time.
Here are the official scores [...]
- Sri Lanka & Nepal: The dangers of Ceasefires
Many rejoice when they hear of a ceasefire declaration between two warring parties in a civil conflict. Not me—ceasefires are bad things. Like it or not, one side must wipe out the enemy, beat them into submission, and demand an unconditional surrender. Sound nasty? That’s why Germany and Japan are powerful [...]
