Archive for March 16th, 2008
Baseball In China
Sunday, March 16th, 2008It was MLB’s big debut in China this weekend, with the San Diego Padres beating the LA Dodgers in an exhibition match. It had the feeling of history in the making, according to some. An article posted at MLB.com, which included player impressions of China, was an instant classic:
“On the bus back from the Great […]
Vanity Fair Article
Sunday, March 16th, 2008An article in Vanity Fair makes for some very good reading. It’s written by William Langewiesche. Here’s a piece:
Cleaning up for the Olympics is a time-honored tradition. The Germans, for example, swept Berlin’s Gypsies into prison camps and temporarily took down the signs banning Jews from public places. They even loosened their restrictions on homosexuality, […]