In Praise of another Virtue
After talking about courage as the worthiest of virtues it is time to praise another one of highest, probably equal rank: the ability to enter other peoples min...
Author: Lorenz Lorenz-Meyer
Chilling at Bookworm
People are wearing their coats and scarfs today in the big glass house that is the main room of Beijing’s legendary Bookworm café. Outside, the afternoon ...
On Loving McDonald’s (Aren’t We All?)
In times of crisis it’s ideas that count. That much has just been forcefully argued by Paul Krugman in the New York Review of Books. You might think, well...
Fever
God, how many years since I last went out for noise! D-22 Club south of Qinghua campus, several acts. Lots of girls on stage, cute and loud. Discernible influen...
Yay Me!
Sometimes, unexpectedly, there comes a solution and a plan.
Why oh why…
There is an episode in the first season of West Wing in which the intended candidate for an open seat at the US Supreme Court, previously courted and won over f...
Back to a Book
There are two things we can learn about journalism by reading Peter Hessler’s wonderful Oracle Bones: First, good journalism and especially reporting is n...
In Praise of a Virtue
Among the many virtues one can strive for I find courage of most value. Of course courage is most impressive when combined with wits, but intelligence without c...
Irrevocable Shift
Living with ambiguities can be entertaining, sexy and fun. It can also be very exhausting in the long run. During a breathtaking climax of crises happening over...
Beijing Update
Life in the capital has been unspectacular during the last two weeks. Some small tasks, some language learning, and collecting evidence for some sidelines of my...