I’ve joked and mocked the man from time to time, but I’ve refrained since I’m weary of getting pissed-off emails form Slopers who adore and worship him. I don’t have the time or the interest, so I just avoid the topic altogether. But, orders are orders, and since my company is indeed an American company, I need to get busy looking for alternatives to China. So if I seem distracted, please understand that I’m simply doing my job. The boss has spoken.
(more…)Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
A Nation of Shrieking Toddlers
The Era of Revenge
Given the title, I want to make clear at the outset that this post has nothing to do with gun violence, particularly prompted of the events of this weekend. I’ve been thinking about this post long before those events, and even though I am loudmouthed to a fault about my points of view, the whole issue of guns is something I’ve never, nor will ever, touch. No sense is alienating the handful of readers I haven’t pissed off already.
No, this is about something far more psychological and long-term. I am speaking of what I view is the correlation between social mood and justice. Specifically, the forgiving nature of the public during prosperous times and the vengeful disposition it takes during times of hardship.
(more…)Dien Bien Phu (by Binkius Hippo)
There is an absolute shocked silence here in Taiwan. The Taiwanese have just seen an American president kow-tow to a Chinese emperor. Not since the Ming dynasty has China been able to dictate terms of trade to the USA.
If the US president is willing to sell out his own people to the Chinese communists, what hope does Taiwan have of the USA coming to defend democracy on the doorstep of communist China?
This is a pivotal moment in history. Pax Americana is over.
(more…)Highlights for Children
Yesterday, without even looking for it, I stumbled across this headline from an interview in the spring of 2016:
