GeneralWhile Humanity Slept: Monkey Uprising UpdateMuch like the war in Afghanistan, the monkey uprising went into a bit of a lull through the winter, but now that the warm weather...
GeneralViral VannelliThe internet has a limitless ability to throw off these little cultural shivers of viral popularity, but this is one of the...
GeneralCheering for AuthorityBeijing Olympic chiefs are introducing an official cheer for patriotic spectators to spur on Team China at the Games, Chinese...
GeneralAnyone read Buying In?Rob Walker writes the fun Consumed column in the NYTImes magazine. He also has a new book out called Buying In: The Secret...
Generaljokers to the left, jokers to the right...Yes, the food crisis is real. No, I don’t pretend to fully understand its causes, nor do I trust much that I have read about how...
GeneralAnnals of Asymmetrical Federalism: Canada Day editionThe NCC held a presser today to announce the schedule for the Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill. Number of acts who will...
GeneralThe (New) Empire of the St. Lawrence: What Would Coyne Blog?QUEBEC - Quebec and Ontario are rebranding themselves as "Central Canada," with plans to work more closely together that include a...
GeneralLush life on the LESI’m reading Lush Life, a novel by Richard Price, a NY writer who wrote Clockers as well as a lot of scripts for The Wire. The book...
GeneralChina’s "Techniques of Hospitality"Catching up on my reading this weekend, I came across this article by Gary Rosen in last December’s issue of Commentary. He spent...
GeneralVenezuela’s road to serfdomToday’s FT reports on the ongoing traffic chaos in Caracas. Some Venezuelans are upset at the failure of a plan whereby Venezuela...