All the Hysteria That’s Fit to Print, Take II National Acrobats of China.All the Hysteria That’s Fit to Print, Take.Is there no screed of rabid hysteria too dumb for the New York Times Op Ed page? I have my doubts. Following on the learned scare stories of Benny Morris and Edward Luttwak.&.#8217;re now asked to take seriously the venerable Jeffrey Goldberg, who clearly has gone off his meds and is asking.Read the .full post.from .Rootless Cosmopolitan - By Tony Karon.via .National Acrobats of China.

The Entertainment Value of the Nightly News .The Entertainment Value of the Nightly News.It seems that when the Romans changed from the Republic to the Empire, around the time that Christ was born, they kept the people quiet by providing them with food and entertainment. Panes et circenses was what they called it back then: Bread and Circuses. By circuses, they did not mean Le Cirque du.Read the .full post.from .A (little) Light from the East.via .National Acrobats of China. Tickets.

Friedman reports from the Closing Ceremony Fort Worth.Friedman reports from the Closing Ceremony.Actually a less tedious read than I would have expected. While reflecting on changes in the world since 911, he underscores a point.&.Read the .full post.from .The Peking Duck.via .National Acrobats of China.

Planning for the Future Ticket.Planning for the Future.In his column in the New York Times this morning Tom Friedman, dazzled by China.&.#8217;s growth and development, urges us to get our act together lest we end up on the scrapheap of history: China did not build the magnificent $43 billion infrastructure for these games, or put on the unparalleled open.Read the .full post.from .Outside The Beltway.via .National Acrobats of China.

Mixed legacy likely as China's Olympics conclude .Mixed legacy likely as China's Olympics conclude.BEIJING .&.mdash; With help from British star power, China concluded its debut as Olympic host Sunday after 16 days of near-flawless logistics and superlative athletic achievement _ coexisting awkwardly with the government's wariness of dissent and free speech. A spectacular closing ceremony opened wi.Read the .full post.from .The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com.via .National Acrobats of China. National Acrobats of China at Fort Worth.

7 Lessons from Innovative 2008 Opening Ceremony Director .7 Lessons from Innovative 2008 Opening Ceremony Director.Opening ceremony director Zhang Yimou. (Xinhua/Yin Gang) Anyone who watched the opening ceremonies on Friday night would have been blown away by the absolute detail that went into planning for the Olympics in Beijing. The concept, the design of the stadiums, the incredibly elaborate opening ceremony.Read the .full post.from .LifeDev.via .National Acrobats of China. National Acrobats of China tickets.

Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony .Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony.Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium August 8, 2008 in this photo distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. (Xinhua/Yang Lei/Reuters) The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was absolutely breathtaking. BEIJING - Chin.Read the .full post.from .FREEDOM EDEN.via .National Acrobats of China. Fort Worth ticket broker.

Debottlenecking .Debottlenecking.(I am boycotting the Beijing Olympics. I despise China's human rights record. It's such a shame the whole world is partying with them.) We can choose to see the bottlenecks in our daily lives as a symbol of our refusal to evolve against the pressures of modern life. We refuse to open up the jeepney.Read the .full post.from .The OMPHALOSKEPTIC.via .National Acrobats of China. ticket brokers.

FT: China's Will To Win tickets.FT: China's Will.Read the .full post.from .A New Start.via .National Acrobats of China.

Living on the Ice Shelf tickets.Living on the Ice Shelf.Humanity's Meltdown by Mike Davis www.tomdispatch.com (June 26 2008) 1. Farewell to the Holocene Our world, our old world that we have inhabited for the last 12,000 years, has ended, even if no newspaper in North America or Europe has yet printed its scientific obituary. This February, while cranes.Read the .full post.from .Bill Totten's Weblog.via .National Acrobats of China.