Took the Amtrak from Nevada to Michigan. One of the obviously scenic legs was Colorado, where we careened along riverside cliffs. Of course we...
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on the train to chicago
On the train to Chicago, I sat with a man who was returning home and our conversation included the crime on the South-side of this US “Midwestern”...
Learning China
I am walking through my neighborhood park, which is outside my block of flats and across the street, but near enough to enjoy immediately. The sun...
Letter to Tsinghua Grad Students
Some laugh at me for taking my role as a teacher in China so seriously, but I feel it's my duty to instruct and demonstrate for the students that...
the importance of being me
ten years important here, take a look like Dostoevsky in that one book
jimmy can't dance but her hair's hot
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yesterday's genius; today's idiot
One thing I've learned personally is that people say the most incredible things about someone after they're dead. Crash a typical funeral in...
I am your invisible man.
I don't have a poor diet. I'm not on drugs. I don't drive a car. I travel outside the country. That pretty much has always put me securely on...
Richard George May1942-2011 The Message of Richard May’s Life There is an ancient proverb that says, “our parents are our first teachers,” and I...
here's a little clue
When your self-proclaimed "peaceful-harmonious" and normally shy, reserved and un-emotive culture decides to print a front page, foreign-language...