Great Moments in Globalization, Part n of a Series
I’m currently drinking port from Portugal that I purchased at my local grocery store. I’m also composing a blog post on my recent trip to England, a trip for which both the outward and return legs were...
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I’m a bit late on this one, but I couldn’t let this astute comment from the Cato Institute‘s Justin Logan go unhighlighted. “… the United States is currently borrowing money from China to buy...
View ArticleGreat Moments in Globalization, Part n+1 of a Series
So programmers based in Russia, Argentina, Pakistan, and America log into a forum… It’s not the start of a bad joke, I promise. It’s just the kind of thing that happens now. In this case, the four...
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Great Moments in Globalization, Part n+2 in a Series
Globalization. Tasty, tasty globalization. This is a Mexican beer, named after a region in the Czech Republic, which I purchased from the very nice Japanese family that owns the little grocery on the...
View ArticleSeattle and Globalization Hypocrisy
It snowed this morning. Big fat flakes wafted down for the better part of an hour and then immediately started melting. In most places in the country, this would hardly be grounds for comment, but snow...
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jwz edition: So we’re seeing here an indie rock band, with a sitar, named after a song by an English band, at an event that is a Quebec / Iceland co-production… in Texas. So there’s that.
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The Shard
The Shard was inaugurated this past Thursday. It’s currently the tallest building in Europe and will open to the public next February. The BBC has a clip showing off the view from the 69th floor. The...
View ArticleGreat Moments in Globalization, Going Away Party Edition
So an Indian, a Pakistani, a Ukrainian, a Brazilian, and an American walk into a bar… This isn’t the setup to a joke, but just me and four of my coworkers arriving for our friend Zain’s going away...
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