Monthly Archive: August, 2004

Work responsibilities have left no time for blogging and probably won’t for the next few days. And then, there’s the upcoming birth of the newest Free(half-)Korean. The little spare time I have left is going toward building her a cradle out of red oak. Like everything I’ve built since my first visit to the Tapshimni antique market, which is a thousand times better and more authentically Korean than Insadong, it will be in a Chosun Dynasty-influenced style. Pictures to follow...

Work responsibilities have left no time for blogging and probably won’t for the next few days. And then, there’s the upcoming birth of the newest Free(half-)Korean. The little spare time I have left is going toward building her a cradle out of red oak. Like everything I’ve built since my first visit to the Tapshimni antique market, which is a thousand times better and more authentically Korean than Insadong, it will be in a Chosun Dynasty-influenced style. Pictures to follow...

My letter worked. The offending sign is down and the Post Office sends its apologies. They say it was all a mistake. Obviously all the Koreans who work there and passed through the door hundreds of times just never happened to notice.

For now, check out this story in the NYT. Everyone seems to have concluded that diplomacy is failing to defang Iran and North Korea. The usual gang of Clinton holdovers is blaming us for not offering enough protection money. The Bush administration is now thinking covert action. Uh, good timing, guys. The basic premise is undeniable. Of course, to read anything in the Times these days you have to put up with plenty of completely gratuitous swipes at Bush and...

My letter worked. The offending sign is down and the Post Office sends its apologies. They say it was all a mistake. Obviously all the Koreans who work there and passed through the door hundreds of times just never happened to notice.

For now, check out this story in the NYT. Everyone seems to have concluded that diplomacy is failing to defang Iran and North Korea. The usual gang of Clinton holdovers is blaming us for not offering enough protection money. The Bush administration is now thinking covert action. Uh, good timing, guys. The basic premise is undeniable. Of course, to read anything in the Times these days you have to put up with plenty of completely gratuitous swipes at Bush and...

Argue all you want about the presence of al-Qaeda thug Abu Musab al-Zarkawi in Baghdad back when Saddam’s people were listening in on every living room in town. Insist, if you will, that neither this, nor the multiple con-fabs between the henchmen of Saddam and Osama, justified our being alarmed. There�s no doubt that Zarkawi�s there now, and that he�s spearheading those who are killing our troops�and increasingly, a lot of Iraqi civilians. The simple truth is that today in...

Argue all you want about the presence of al-Qaeda thug Abu Musab al-Zarkawi in Baghdad back when Saddam’s people were listening in on every living room in town. Insist, if you will, that neither this, nor the multiple con-fabs between the henchmen of Saddam and Osama, justified our being alarmed. There�s no doubt that Zarkawi�s there now, and that he�s spearheading those who are killing our troops�and increasingly, a lot of Iraqi civilians. The simple truth is that today in...