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Building on Greenfields

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December 9, 2021December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Some say that one of the solutions to our housing problem [indeed, their favorite solution] is building on land that has not been built on before.  There are a lot of issues surrounding this, however.  There are two ways of […]

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A Croatia Travelogue

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September 27, 2019December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Or more properly, a Dalmatia and Istria travelogue.  We arrived in Dubrovnik on August 19 and crossed into Italy on August 28.  It was a whirlwind, because it was compressed between an event in Edinburgh, Scotland, that we had to […]

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Why We Need Regionalism

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May 9, 2019December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In our time, politics and culture are increasingly oriented to the national scale on the one hand, and the immediate neighborhood on the other.  A book, The Increasingly United States, by  Daniel J. Hopkins, highlights this.  However, in my view, besides […]

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The USA: First World, Third World, or Western World?

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April 8, 2019December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The United States has always been somewhat ambiguous about whether its primary loyalty was to the European Western World or to the Western Hemisphere (i.e., the Americas).   The Founders thought of themselves as upholding the rights of Englishmen, which they […]

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California’s Trump-like Moment, 22 Years Before Trump: The Adventures of Pete Wilson

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March 22, 2017December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The United States on the whole has seen a rather sudden pivot, or so it seemed, of ‘conservatism’ from a coalition of religious or moral conservatives, economic conservatives [the latter were split into ever lower taxes fiscal ‘conservatives’, and deficit […]

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The Irrational Jacket

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September 18, 2015December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

There has been a spate of articles recently about the strength of air conditioning in offices and the fact that women are often freezing in temperatures that men are barely comfortable in.  Even before you take into account the differing wardrobes, […]

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Beijing – At the End of the Road

  • Miscellaneous
July 1, 2015December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Because Beijing, as the capital and second largest city, gets the most media attention, most people go there first.  We made a point of going there last. The first surprise is that the air there was the clearest we had […]

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Dynasties and All That

  • Culture
June 16, 2015December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

It will occur to the reader that I have been talking about dynasties and this and that without giving any clear background on them.  The time has come to clarify. DYNASTIES In case you don’t know, a dynasty is a […]

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Our China Journey, Part II – Shanghai and the Lower Yangtze Region

  • Miscellaneous
May 24, 2015December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

SHANGHAI We next flew to Shanghai, though the largest city in the country it is not in its core area historically Chinese. Shanghai was a small town until 1842, when just north of it two large concession enclaves were carved […]

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Our China Journey, Part I – Singapore and Guangzhou

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May 22, 2015December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

SINGAPORE David, Roberta, and I started our adventure in Singapore, which is a 75% Chinese city but was ruled by the British from 1818 to 1957 and after 1965 by the late great Lee Kwan Yew, who established English as […]

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