Current Affairs
American Beef
In the last month there has been daily discussion in Taiwan about the recent decision to import US beef. They already import US beef, but previously Taiwan did not allow “high risk” beef to be imported from the USA. High Risk includes ground beef and beef offal (I have no idea what this means, but [...]
The Air in Taipei
Speaking of fresh air, Nono and I recently moved from our place in downtown to a nice suburb called TienMu. It’s north of town, borders the mountains and a national park (Yang Ming Shan). The temperature is a bit cooler than in downtown, and the air is better. I took a bus from our new [...]
Uncommon common sense
I watched this video today and loved it. It’s from a recent TED conference, and the speaker offers a slightly different understanding of what happened in the American financial institutions. From there, he talks about how we as a nation are dealing with the problems today and what our politicians are doing. In America we [...]
