Newsweek imagines a President Al Gore

Newsweek asks What if Al Gore had won the 2000 election? It provides an alternative oral history with quotes from several journalists as they imagine the Earthly paradise that would…

Happy Family Plan

Taiwan enjoys all things Japanese, a holdover from when the island was a Japanese possession. For example, several Japanese stations are broadcast over the cable system here (subtitled in Chinese).…

Earthquake!

From the NY Times: Major Earthquake Strikes Taiwan... The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.4-magnitude quake was centered off the eastern coast of Taiwan...The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not…