"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
I'm an American who's spent most of his adult life as an English teacher in Tokyo. I started a blog because I had observations about culture and politics that I wanted to discuss with others. I tend to come at these issues less from a partisan viewpoint than a consideration of the fundamental cultural and political conditions created by the mass desires of the people, which is then reacted to by politicians and culturally significant people.
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Is there anything wrong with rooting for athletes only because they're from our country?
In what ways would a flawless democracy be different from the one we have now?
Why do some kinds of suffering elicit outpourings of money and help, and others barely a shrug?
