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Author Archives: Jasper John MacKay
Campus Life at
Campus Life at
Kent State University
Campus Life at
Kent State University
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There is no way to reasonably interview Trump as a politician. He’s not a politician. There’s no way to ask him about governing. He’s not able to govern.
~ Ramin Setoodeh via The New York Times
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China built half of the world’s ships (by gross tonnage) in 2022, while the US had 0.2 percent of capacity: in practice, this meant that while China builds hundreds of new ships a year, the US builds three to five.
~ Dan Wang via his 2023 letter
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Donald Trump is always governing for the cameras — his favorite constituency. Viewed through that lens, his veepstakes make much more sense. The process is playing out in public, with unvarnished careerism on view, in the familiar form of a reality show.
~ Ramin Setoodeh via The New York Times
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Campus Life at
Griffith University
Campus Life at
Wright State University
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The glacial pace of demographic decline will not quickly erode Beijing’s ambitions. For all of China’s demographic woes, all projections show that it will still have over 1 billion people by 2050.
~ Dan Wang via his 2023 letter
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