One important passage I forgot to mention was the death last month of folk singer, social conscience, and fellow Unitarian Utah Phillips at the age of 73, who once suggested that you know the Unitarians are protesting when you find a question mark burned on your lawn. Utah was a voice for many social [...]
Utah, R.I.P.
June 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Chinese History
Teaching, hobbies, and lame ass excuses
June 7th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Yeah, I’ve been remiss the last couple of months about writing. My bad. No excuses. Well…no good ones. Teaching. Research. Life. The fact that the PSB’s working definition of ‘undesirable foreigner’ seems to include those actively researching Chinese history. Whatever. Truth of the matter is that I blog as a hobby [...]
Tags: Life in Academia
Mercenary Sinologue on NPR
June 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Check out the end of this morning’s NPR report from China on the new rules and restrictions for foreigners in the Olympic city for a familiar voice…mercenary sinologue Brendan O’Kane.
Tags: Beijing Journal
