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Liberal Japonicus 
by liberal japonicus Trying to post little bits for the next month or so to keep the blog going, and I thought of morceau, which is cognate with the English word morsel, and I thought about Saint-Saëns’ horn composition Morceau de concert, which you can enjoy from the youtube video at the bottom where Anneke … Read more
by liberal japonicus If you have an interest in the mathematics of knots, like I do, this Quanta piece might interest you. But more importantly, if you have an interest of unexpected juxtapositions of language, this paragraph from the piece is just up your alley. “I have got so thoroughly on one groove,” he wrote … Read more
by liberal japonicus All of you may have things to say about this.
by liberal japonicus As a Japanese-American, I’ve always had an intense interest in the internment of Japanese-Americans in WWII. While I don’t want to be history-splaining to anyone here, there are a lot of wrinkles to it that people who are generally familiar with the internment may not know. A list off the top of … Read more
by liberal japonicus I was going to make the title ‘This is not an I/P post’, but I’m probably a bit safer using a call out to the Monty Python Bruces sketch, which is here (WordPress makes it very easy to add youtube videos) But on to the grist. From the Grauniad about the new … Read more
by liberal japonicus This NYTimes youtube video about the Kirk memorial actually made me feel ill. In response to “What made you decide to come out today?” one man answered. This is a historical moment. This was a Martin Luther King Jr. in our day that was essentially assassinated for his free speech and this … Read more
by liberal japonicus Archive work continues apace, and questions arise. Specifically, one of the founders, along with Moe Lane and von, was a Katherine R, however, it seems that second Katherine later started blogging. Some internal information point to two different Katherines, but I’m not really positive. The first Katherine [R] spent a good bit … Read more
by liberal japonicus In working on the archive, I was struck by how much lawyers and law talk has been a part of the blog. It had good points (lots of interesting issues) and bad points (lawyers arguing), but the law talk has faded a bit, not only because I Am Not A Lawyer, but … Read more
by liberal japonicus I guess it is time for the site design here to diverge from the roughly imitated classic look at the archive. I’m still working on the archive, right now going thru to get the correct authors for the posts and to try and write a history of the blog, (other folks interested … Read more
by liberal japonicus In response to this, I post this is from Gemini, go to the bottom for an ironic mea culpa The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. These are jobs that typically require a bachelor’s degree or higher in a specific … Read more