A senior Chinese official has gone on trial for corruption after being accused of illegally amassing an international property empire and smoking opium to keep up with late-night barbecue parties. (Telegraph) Just a brief comment. I thought we had left all that nasty opium smoking in the distant past, but apparently not. Let’s hope that […]

Still a lot of chatter out there about the mass school slaughter incidents in Connecticut (a shooting spree) and Henan (slashing spree, if that’s the appropriate term). Lots of folks are comparing the differing body counts, noting that the dramatic loss of life in the U.S. was partially the result of lax gun control laws. […]