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What it means to be “Chinese” in Hong Kong
I’ve taken great interest in a couple of stories recently which are exposing well-formed – but for many, unseen – cracks between the Mainland and Hong Kong. The first one is this: luxury retailer Dolce & Gabbana found themselves thrust onto the front pages of Hong Kong (and international) newspapers after refusing to allow Hong [...]
Hermain Cain’s ignorance of American foreign policy
The Republican primary campaign more closely resembles American Idol or X-Factor than a race to see who can effectively lead the free world. The candidates – and dare I say, the media – are not doing justice to the seriousness of the job they are supposedly competing for. The winner of the primary (and perhaps [...]
America’s decline, and how nobody seems to really care
It’s with a sense of frustration that I watch America descend from its perch atop the global order. For as long as I’ve been alive, the United States has been the “shining city on a hill”, even though us Canadians are loathe to admit it. I’m probably more pro-American than my fellow Canadians and have [...]
Saving books and other physical media in the age of iPad
Change is unstoppable, so people may as well get on board with it. It’s easier to go with the flow than to try and swim upstream, as they say. These cliches are particularly pertinent in the technology industry, where change is not only constant, but seems to be moving faster than ever. I am a [...]
The heartbreak of being a sports fan
There are many books and essays out there what it is that draws people to professional sports. The pride, the competition, the feeling that, even if you aren’t playing, the players represent you, in some way. To a non-sports fan, this all seems silly. I mean, why do 50,000 people pack Yankee Stadium to see [...]
