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China Updates

June 18, 2009 by mattperman

Things are going well here in China. Also, I’ve discovered, entirely by accident, the incredible value of getting up at 3 in the morning. I wonder if there would be a way to adapt that practice once I’m back in the US… You can see some of my updates and some pictures, if interested, through […]

Filed Under: 6 Interesting Life Stuff

Off to China

June 13, 2009 by mattperman

I’m going to be in China for the next week or so. I hope to be able to do some posts from over there, but if not here are some posts from the last nine months that you might find helpful: What this Blog is About, Part 1 What this Blog is About, Part 2 […]

Filed Under: 6 Interesting Life Stuff

Fast Company's 13 Most Creative Cities in the World

June 10, 2009 by mattperman

Fast Company has an interesting, short slideshow of the 13 most creative cities in the world. Some of the cities on here were surprising.

Filed Under: Culture

The Rate of the Earth's Curvature

June 9, 2009 by mattperman

The rate of the earth’s curvature is about 8 inches per mile. At least, that’s what the globe I have in my office here says. That’s interesting.

Filed Under: Science

Thomas Sowell on Learning from Other Countries

June 9, 2009 by mattperman

In his latest column, Thomas Sowell points out that learning from other countries does not simply mean imitating them, as many who call for America to be “more European” imply, but often means learning from their mistakes: People who say that we should learn from other countries seem to have in mind that we should […]

Filed Under: Politics

My Favorite Piper Message

June 9, 2009 by mattperman

This is the first Piper message I ever listened to. It was 1996, and he had given the message just a week or two before. It’s called “Sustained by Sovereign Grace — Forever” and it is still my favorite (well, top 5). You can read it or listen to it at that link.

Filed Under: God

Obama's Unmeasurable Metric

June 9, 2009 by mattperman

The Wall Street Journal has a good editorial on Obama’s claim that his stimulus has “saved or created” 150,000 jobs so far, and that he will ramp up spending to create another 600,000 more this summer. The problem is that it is impossible to measure the number of jobs “saved.” Economist Gregory Mankiw calls this […]

Filed Under: Politics

When You Raise Taxes on the Rich, Everyone Pays

June 5, 2009 by mattperman

From the Townhall blog: Here’s what the President hopes nobody realizes: Raising taxes has consequences for everyone — and most of them are bad. Yet another example:  If the Obama tax plan goes through, Microsoft intends to move some of its jobs out of this country. Yesterday, I wrote about the ugly unintended consequences for regular Americans of […]

Filed Under: Politics

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